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Femspec 11.2 Table of Contents — Vol 11, Issue 2, 2011
Summary: This issue is dedicated to Jill Johnston: columnist, art critic, and lesbian activist. The theme is Élisabeth Vonarburg, Canadian Science Fiction author. Some articles, including a response from the author, appear in both French and English.
EDITORIAL REMARKS:
BATYA WEINBAUM and KATHE DAVIS 1
GUEST EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION:
AMY J. RANSOM, “‘Queen of Memory’: Introduction” 9
AMY J. RANSOM, “Bibliography of Élisabeth Vonarburg's Work in English” 26
INTERVIEW:
MILÉNA SANTORO, “From Silence to Memory: An Interview with Élisabeth Vonarburg” 29
MILÉNA SANTORO, “Du silence à la mémoire: Entrentien avec Élisabeth Vonarburg” 49
ESSAYS:
ANNA L. BEDFORD, “Reluctant Travelers: Vonarburg's Postcolonial Posthuman Voyagers” 68
SHARON TAYLOR, “Sexualects in Vonarburg's In the Mother's Land” 83
SHARON TAYLOR, “Les sexualectes dans Chroniques du Pays des Mères de Vonarburg” 99
RESPONSE TO ESSAYS:
ÉLISABETH VONARBURG, “Afterword/Postface” 115
IN MEMORIAM:
MARIJO MOORE, “Paula Gunn Allen: A Great Woman of Words” 121
GLORIA F. ORENSTEIN, “In Memory of the Most Magical Friend I Ever Had: Leonora Carrington” 124
JENNIFER SWIFT-KRAMER, “Joanna Russ: February 22, 1937–April 29, 2011” 130
REVIEWS:
JONATHAN ALEXANDER, “Review of Hollywood Bohemians: Transgressive Sexuality and the Selling of the Movie Dreamland” 136
SHARON DE GRAW, “Review of Ursula Le Guin's Journey to Post-Feminism by Amy Clarke” 142
ARDYS DELU, “Review of Amazon Ink” 146
MARIE HENDRY, “Review of The Nightmares of Sasha Weitzwoman” 147
LISA ILAN, “Review of A Life in Motion” 148
PHILLIPA KAFKA, “Review of Science Fiction from Quebec: A Postcolonial Study by Amy J. Ransom” 151
AMY J. RANSOM, “A Review of LeeAnne Howe's Miko King: An Indian Baseball Story” 156
DARKO SUVIN, “Review of 80!: Memories and Reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin” 158
MARIA I. VELAZQUEZ, “Review of Mars Needs Moms!” 159
BATYA WEINBAUM, “Cleveland International Film Festival” 164