Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror

Breaking the Glass Slipper: Women in science fiction, fantasy, and horror


S03, E04: Violence as climactic conflict

February 22, 2018

Do science fiction, fantasy, and horror narratives require violence? Are there other ways of creating conflict and tension in genre stories?

This week, Charlotte, Lucy, and Megan look at how violence is used in genre fiction as the default approach to conflict.

Full episode notes including further reading and all texts mentioned can be found at www.breakingtheglassslipper.com