Jason Bourget

Dr. Jason Bourget is faculty in the English Department at Douglas College, where he teaches courses on science fiction, weird fiction, and horror. His research at the College focuses primarily on how political beliefs inform the conceptual preoccupations of science fiction as a genre. Having spent a significant amount of time examining the extent to which political ideologies such as liberalism and libertarianism structure the representation of masculinity in 1960's and 1970's American science fiction, he has recently shifted his attention to mapping the connections between the Disney corporation and a number of different science fiction authors. Of particular interest to him are the ideological grounds upon which writers such as Ray Bradbury and Cory Doctorow embrace the various conceptions of the future promoted by Disney’s theme parks, and how these authors’ often ambiguous endorsement of Disney’s particular brand of speculation influences their own science fiction.