Feminist Utopian Novels of the 1970s: Joanna Russ and Dorothy Bryant

by Tatiana Teslenko

Overview

This book presents an exploration of the reinvented utopia that provided second-wave feminists of the 1970s with a conceptual space to articulate the politics of change. Tatiana Teslenko argues that utopian fiction of this decade offered a means of validating the personal as well as the political, and of criticizing a patriarchal social order. Teslenko reveals feminists' attempt through fiction to envision a new political order.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415803519
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/16/2009
Series:	Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Tatiana Teslenko teaches at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Her research interests are genre studies, feminist criticism, cultural theory, and utopian studies. Most recently, she co-edited The Rhetoric and Ideology of Genre, in which she published a chapter entitled "Ideology and Genre: Heteroglossia of Soviet Genre Theories."

Table of Contents

CONTENTS: List of Tables Preface Introduction Rhetoric of Identification New Rhetoric of Genre Chapter 1: Utopia and Utopianism Utopia and Ideology Utopia as Literary Genre Chapter 2: Utopianism and Feminism Scraping False Dichotomies Genre Transformation Chapter 3: Dorothy Bryant: Saving the Human Race The Real World Utopian Chronotope Utopian People Dream-time: Fluid Meaning and Rigid Word The Law of Light Chapter 4: Joanna Russ: New Meaning for Old Concepts Calculated Ambiguity Janet the Savior Jeannine: Cognitive Starvation Jael: Terror of Terrorism Joanna: Usurp the Denied Identification Revisited Conclusion: Utopian Genre as Feminist Strategy Glossary Bibliography