Sport and Monstrosity in Science Fiction

Sport and Monstrosity in Science Fiction
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ISBN-10 : 9781786942227
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Download or read book Sport and Monstrosity in Science Fiction written by Derek Thiess and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book pits the imaginative sports of science fiction against our widespread suspicion of the monstrous athletic body. The biopolitical nature of sport demands we see these bodies as our bodies, capable of the greatest physical feats science fiction can imagine, but also our worst fears of injury and death.


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