Research Catalog

Title

Worlds apart : dualism and transgression in contemporary female dystopias / Dunja M. Mohr.

Author

Mohr, Dunja M., 1968-

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2005]

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Description

ix, 312 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Suzette Haden Elgin's Native Tongue trilogy, Suzy McKee Charna's Holdfast series, and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's tale are analyzed within the context of this this subgenre of "transgressive utopian dystopias." Analysis focuses particularly on how these works cover the interrelated categories of gender, race and class, along with their relationship to classic literary dualism and the dystopian narrative"--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 1

Uniform Title

Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 1.

Subject

• American fiction > History and criticism
• Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
• Charnas, Suzy McKee
• Deviant behavior in literature
• Dissenters in literature
• Dualism in literature
• Dystopias in literature
• Elgin, Suzette Haden
• Fantasy fiction, American > History and criticism
• Fantasy fiction, Canadian > History and criticism
• Imaginary societies in literature
• Women and literature > Canada > History > 20th century
• Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The classical vision: utopia, dystopia, and science fiction -- Demanding the possible: the artificiality of boundaries -- Rewriting the colonization of physical and mental space: Suzette Haden Elgin's Native Tongue trilogy -- Beyond separate worlds and war: Suzy McKee Charnas's Holdfast series -- The poetic discourse of the split self: Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's tale.

ISBN

0786421428 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2005000883

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library