Bloodchild | Essays and Criticism
- An Unusual Accommodation
In the following essay, the author discusses some of the different models of dependence and exploitation in ‘‘Bloodchild’’ discussed by Butler in her afterword to the story.
- Would You Really Rather Die
Than Bear My Young?: The Construction of Gender, Race,
and Species in Octavia E. Butler’s Bloodchild
In the following excerpt, Helford examines ‘‘Bloodchild’’ in terms of Butler’s treatment of issues of gender, race, and species.
- Afterword to Bloodchild
In the afterword to her story ‘‘Bloodchild,’’ Butler discusses the source of her inspiration for the story and provides some valuable insight into its meaning.
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