"No men, eh?" : a dystopic paradise in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland
Perea Golderos, Natalia
Pividori, Cristina, dir. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Filologia Anglesa i de Germanística)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres

Date:	2019
Description:	34 pag.
Abstract:	Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland (1915) portrays a nation of parthenogenetic women in which motherhood is at the center of their lives. From the perspective of a male narrator, the sociologist Vandyck Jennings, Gilman compares the outstanding features of this peaceful matriarchy against the negative features of Jennings' society, a patriarchy that subdues women. Although Gilman features a number of utopian elements in the description of her ideal all-female society, the aim of this dissertation is to illustrate how the text unintentionally gives voice to the power imbalances and oppressions of fin de siècle American society. Therefore, this paper analyses the utopian and dystopian aspects of Herland in order to evince the interesting paradox of a female kingdom that thrives by marginalizing other social groups. Particular attention will be given to the fact that this early-twentieth century novel serves as a warning of certain emerging American anxieties that are present to this day.
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Language:	Anglès
Studies:	Estudis d'Anglès i Espanyol [2501910]
Study plan:	Grau en Estudis d'Anglès i Espanyol [836]
Document:	Treball final de grau ; Text
Subject:	Charlotte Perkins Gilman ; Herland ; Utopian fiction ; Dystopia ; Gender roles ; Motherhood ; Feminism ; Racial discrimination

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