Notes on Nowhere : Feminism, Utopian Logic, and Social Transformation

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The term utopia implies both "good place" and "nowhere." Since Sir Thomas More wrote Utopia in 1516, debates about utopian models of society have sought to understand the implications of these somewhat contradictory definitions. In Notes on Nowhere, author Jennifer Burwell uses a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Burwell, Jennifer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women and literature.
Utopias in literature.
Social problems in literature.
Logic in literature.
Literature and society.
Feminist fiction, American.
Feminism and literature.
American fiction > Women authors.
American fiction.
utopian literature.
Problemes sociaux dans la litterature.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes et litterature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Utopies dans la litterature.
Feminist fiction, American > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Feminism and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Locational Hazards: The Utopian Impulse and the Logic of Social Transformation; 2. Turning Inward: Strategies of Containment and Subjective/Collective Boundaries in Traditional Utopian Literature; 3. Speaking Parts: Internal Dialogic and Models of Agency in the Work of Joanna Russ and Octavia Butler; 4. Utopia and Technopolitics in Woman on the Edge of Time; 5. Acting Out "Lesbian": Monique Wittig and Immanent Critique; Conclusion. Moveable Locales: Narrating Unsutured Utopia; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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