Mutants, Androids, and Aliens Suzanne Zeedyk Without a solid grounding in

Without a solid grounding in these basic theories

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Mutants, Androids, and Aliens Suzanne Zeedyk Without a solid grounding inIn both literature and film, mutants, androids, and aliens have long functioned as humanity's Other nonhuman bodies serving as surrogates to explore humanity's prejudice, bigotry, and hatred. Scholars working in fields of feminism, ethnic studies, queer studies, and disability studies, among others, have deconstructed representations of the Othered body and the ways these fictional depictions provide insight into the contested terrains of identity,