Feminist Science Fiction (Women’s Issues (Ready Reference series))
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Beginning with the nineteenth century writers of utopian novels, feminists have explored the possibilities of life outside a patriarchy and have considered the worst possible scenarios if certain patriarchal practices were to be magnified into a dystopian world. Ursula K. Le Guin, considered by many as one of the most significant female science- fiction writers in the late twentieth century, offers a broad definition of science fiction: The writer asks “what if” and then explores...
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