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What would ensue if a David Lodge-esque academic milieu were described from a humorous Jewish feminist point of view? Marleen Barr, herself a pioneer in the feminist criticism of science … More...

What would ensue if a David Lodge-esque academic milieu were described from a humorous Jewish feminist point of view? Marleen Barr, herself a pioneer in the feminist criticism of science fiction, provides an answer in this book, an irreverent romp through the groves of academe. Part memoir, part novel, part science fiction, this compulsively readable novel evokes such diverse influences as Philip Roth, Erica Jong, and Philip K. Dick while weaving together the best characteristics of postmodern What would ensue if a David Lodge-esque academic milieu were described from a humorous Jewish feminist point of view? Marleen Barr, herself a pioneer in the feminist criticism of science fiction, provides an answer in this book, an irreverent romp through the groves of academe. Part memoir, part novel, part science fiction, this compulsively readable novel evokes such diverse influences as Philip Roth, Erica Jong, and Philip K. Dick while weaving together the best characteristics of postmodernism, science fiction, realism, idealization, feminism, and humor into a new fictional genre. Fiction & Literature, , Oy Pioneer!: A Novel~~ Barr, Marleen S.~~Fiction & Literature~~9780299189136, en, Oy Pioneer!: A Novel, Barr, Marleen S., 9780299189136, University of Wisconsin Press, 11/01/2003, , , , University of Wisconsin Press, 11/01/2003<

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What would happen if a feminist Jewish wit and scholar invaded David Lodge’s territory? Marleen S. Barr, herself a pioneer in the feminist criticism of science fiction, provides a g… More...

What would happen if a feminist Jewish wit and scholar invaded David Lodge’s territory? Marleen S. Barr, herself a pioneer in the feminist criticism of science fiction, provides a giddily entertaining answer in this feisty novel. Oy Pioneer! follows professor Sondra Lear as she makes her inimitable way through a world of learning—at times fantastic, at times all too familiar, often hilarious, and always compulsively interesting.     As if Mel Brooks and Erica Jong had joined forces to recreate Sex and the City for the intellectual set, the story is a heady mix of Jewish humor, feminist insight, and academic satire. Lear is a tenured radical and a wildly ambitious intellectual, but is subject nonetheless to the husband-hunting imperatives of her Jewish mother. Her adventures expand narrative parameters according to Barr’s term genre fission.     Mixing elements of science fiction, fantasy, ethnic comedy, satire, and authentic experience of academic life, Oy Pioneer! is uncommonly fun—a Jewish feminist scholar’s imaginative text boldly going where no academic satire has gone before—and bringing readers along for an exhilarating ride. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction Literary>Fict Literary, University of Wisconsin Press Digital >16<

ISBN: 9780299189136

What would happen if a feminist Jewish wit and scholar invaded David Lodge’s territory? Marleen S. Barr, herself a pioneer in the feminist criticism of science fiction, provides a g… More...

What would happen if a feminist Jewish wit and scholar invaded David Lodge’s territory? Marleen S. Barr, herself a pioneer in the feminist criticism of science fiction, provides a giddily entertaining answer in this feisty novel. Oy Pioneer! follows professor Sondra Lear as she makes her inimitable way through a world of learning—at times fantastic, at times all too familiar, often hilarious, and always compulsively interesting.     As if Mel Brooks and Erica Jong had joined forces to recreate Sex and the City for the intellectual set, the story is a heady mix of Jewish humor, feminist insight, and academic satire. Lear is a tenured radical and a wildly ambitious intellectual, but is subject nonetheless to the husband-hunting imperatives of her Jewish mother. Her adventures expand narrative parameters according to Barr’s term genre fission.     Mixing elements of science fiction, fantasy, ethnic comedy, satire, and authentic experience of academic life, Oy Pioneer! is uncommonly fun—a Jewish feminist scholar’s imaginative text boldly going where no academic satire has gone before—and bringing readers along for an exhilarating ride. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Literary Fict, University of Wisconsin Press Digital >16<

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Marleen S. Barr, NOOK Book (eBook),Series: Library of American Fiction, English-language edition, Pub by University of Wisconsin Press on 11-15-2003 EBooks Books~~Fiction~~General Oy-Pion… More...

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