Gender and Science in Charlotte Haldane'sMan's World
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3658530 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Gamble (0000-0003-2939-8852, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-13 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0958-9236 • E-ISSN: 1465-3869 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09589236.2004.10599910 |
| OpenAlex | W2002217956 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Man’s World was published in 1926 by the journalist Charlotte Haldane, wife of the prestigious biochemist J.B.S. Haldane. It envisages a futuristic society in which female reproduction is rigorously controlled within a rigid caste system ruled and regulated by the masculine figure of the scientist. This paper traces the contradictory positions adopted by Haldane, who simultaneously critiques and upholds the dominance of the scientist. In her depiction of a love affair between Nicolette, a girl who resists the dictate that she should become a mother, and Bruce, a scientist who epitomises the ideals of this man’s world’, she allows her principal characters to enunciate a desire to rebel, whilst ultimately ensuring that they fail. The utilisation of contemporary theoretical arguments, such as Michel Foucault’s theory of panopticism and Donna Haraway’s cyborg theory exposes the uneasy vacillation between resistance and compliance around which the text of Man’s World is constructed
Art · Caste · Depiction · Literature · Michel foucault · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Theology · Wife · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History of Science and Natural History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Science Education and Perceptions
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |