{"product_id":"feminist-utopias-frances-bartkowski-9780803212053","title":"Feminist Utopias","description":"The utopias envisioned by Edward Bellamy and other novelists late in the nineteenth century were generally blueprints of government. As satellites of men, women were expected to share in the general improvement of society. The resurgence of the feminist movement since the late 1960s has produced a very different kind of utopian literature. Frances Bartkowski explores a body of work that is striking and vital because it reflects the hopes, fears, and desires of women who have glimpsed the possibilities of a bright new world freed from stifling patriarchal structures. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeminist Utopias\u003c\/i\u003e is a comparative study of the utopian fiction of nine women writers in the United States, France, and Canada. Except for Charlotte Perkins Gilman's \u003ci\u003eHerland\u003c\/i\u003e (1915), the prototype for feminist literary utopias, all of the works were published between 1969 and 1986. Bartkowski discusses Monique Wittig's \u003ci\u003eLes Guérillères\u003c\/i\u003e, Joanna Russ's \u003ci\u003eThe Female Man\u003c\/i\u003e, Marge Piercy's \u003ci\u003eWoman on the Edge of Time\u003c\/i\u003e, Suzy McKee Charnas's \u003ci\u003eMotherlines\u003c\/i\u003e, Christine Rochefort's \u003ci\u003eArchaos, ou le jardin étincelant\u003c\/i\u003e, E. M. Broner's \u003ci\u003eA Weave of Women\u003c\/i\u003e, Louky Bersianik's \u003ci\u003eThe Eugelionne\u003c\/i\u003e, and two dystopian novels, \u003ci\u003eCharnas's Walk to the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e and Margaret Atwood's \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frances Bartkowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803212054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803212053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.79h x 5.69w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/1989","brand":"Frances Bartkowski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065136394495,"sku":"9780803212053","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b1a5575-9faf-471b-bdf4-9d2a643dda8f.jpg?v=1768673233","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/feminist-utopias-frances-bartkowski-9780803212053","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}