Marleen S. Barr


Marleen S. Barr teaches communication and media studies at Fordham University, New York City. She is notable for her significant contributions to science fiction studies, for which she won a Pilgrim Award from the Science Fiction Research Association in 1997. Her primary contributions have been her foundational work in the field of feminist science fiction criticism; her 1981 anthology Future Females: A Critical Anthology "served as an introduction and eye-opener to the field of Feminist Science Fiction."
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Biography

Marleen Sandra Barr was born on March 1, 1953, in New York City, New York. She attended the University of Michigan in 1975, where she received her master's degree and the University at Buffalo in 1979, receiving her PhD.

Selected bibliography

Original criticism

Genre Fission: A New Discourse Practice for Cultural Studies Lost in Space: Probing Feminist Science Fiction and Beyond Feminist Fabulation: Space/Postmodern Fiction

Edited works of criticism

Future Females: A Critical Anthology Future Females, The Next Generation: New Voices and Velocities in Feminist Science Fiction Criticism Envisioning the Future: Science Fiction and the Next Millennium
  • ''Reading Science Fiction''

Fiction

When Trump Changed: The Feminist Science Fiction Justice League Quashes the Orange Outrage Pussy Grabber Oy Pioneer!
  • ''Oy Feminist Planets''

Short fiction

Superfeminist: or, A Hanukah Carol Close Encounters of the Monica Kind Rudolph the Red Nosed Squirrel or Miracle on 82nd Street: Fiction/Quotation/Exposition The Perfect Storm, or Why Americans Are No Longer Afraid of Dragons Duck, Donald: A Trump Exorcism The Purple Rose of Brooklyn, or Meeting Marshall McLuhan
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Awards