How and when does there come to be an "anthropology of the alien?" This set of essays, written for the eighth J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Fantasy and Science Fiction, is concerned with the significance of that question. " Anthropology] is the science that must designate the alien ifit is to redefine a place for itself in the universe," according to the Introduction. The idea of the alien is not new. In the Renaissance,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0809313758
ISBN13:9780809313754
Release Date:December 1987
Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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