Complicating American Manhood
Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time and the Feminist Utopia as a Site for Transforming Masculinities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6188044 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Pitts (0000-0002-8817-1626, Sewanee: The University of the South, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.15771 |
| OpenAlex | W3037143956 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
Contemporary feminist utopias make up an overlooked site for mining new masculinities amidst the current so-called crisis of masculinity in American culture. What is often overlooked in analyses of feminist texts and more specifically feminist utopian fiction is how the alteration of femininity necessitates the transformation of masculine ideals. Such novels, while varying in their focus, are united by an interest in transforming patriarchal masculinities and replacing them with an alternative informed by second wave and intersectional feminism. Through an analysis of masculinities in one such utopia, Marge Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time (1976), this essay traces how contemporary female speculative writers envision and propose new masculinities that, in opposition to their patriarchal counterparts, reject hierarchical perspectives and instead value equality, fraternity, and freedom
Art history · Femininity · Feminism · Fraternity · Masculinity · New Woman · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Utopia · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Gender Studies · History · Law · Short Stories in Global Literature · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |