So We All Became Mothers
New Roles for Men in Recent Utopian Fiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4107264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Fitting (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | Part 2 |
| Pages | 156-183 |
| Publication date | 1985-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Fiction Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7729 • E-ISSN: 2327-6207 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/sfs.12.2.0156 |
| OpenAlex | W4410329036 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
One of the most significant features of the revival of utopian themes in US popular fiction has been the impact of feminism. Through an examination of seven novels, I will argue both for the importance of feminist ideals in reshaping utopian writing, especially in its portrayal of everyday life in worlds without the present hierarchies and gender system, and for the effectiveness of such writing in awakening and giving shape and direction to existing emancipatory hopes. I selected the seven as being particularly representative of the range of recent utopian writing. Four are well-inown SF novels: Samuel Delany's Triton (1976), Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed (1974), Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time (1976), and Joanna Russ's The Female Man (1975). To these I have added three others: Suzy McKee Charnas's "science fantasy,'' Motherlines (1978); an example of a recent feminist fantasy, Sally Gearhart's The Wanderground (1978); and a popular example of a recent utopian novel written "outside" the conventions of fantasy and SF, Ernest Callenbach's Ecotopia (1975). (PF
Art · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Psychology · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |