Notes on nowhere : feminism, utopian logic, and social transformation / Jennifer Burwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burwell, Jennifer.

Series:

American culture (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; 13.

American culture ; v. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Utopias in literature.

Feminism and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Feminism and literature.

Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Feminist fiction, American--History and criticism.

Feminist fiction, American.

Social problems in literature.

Logic in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Feminism, utopian logic, and social transformation

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 cross-section of contemporary feminist science fiction to examine the political and literary meaning of utopian writing and utopian thought. Burwell provides close readings of the science fiction novels of five feminist writers-Marge Piercy, Sally Gearhart, Joanna Russ, Octavia Butler, and Monique Wittig-and poses que

Contents:

Contents; 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8663-7

OCLC:

476094257