The Utopian Imaginary, Gender Equality, and Women’s Writings
The essay analyses the utopian imaginary in women’s writings with specific reference to the 1970s. Since the late 19th century, utopia as a genre becomes a space to deconstruct and re-elaborate women’s identity and subjectivity. The appropriation of the utopian paradigm enriches the classical critiq...
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| description | The essay analyses the utopian imaginary in women’s writings with specific reference to the 1970s. Since the late 19th century, utopia as a genre becomes a space to deconstruct and re-elaborate women’s identity and subjectivity. The appropriation of the utopian paradigm enriches the classical critique of the existing social systems with the deconstruction of gender roles and female stereotypes as a means to fight gender discrimination as well as other forms of oppression which lie at the foundation of the Western symbolic and social orders. It also implies the restructuring of the technical and stylistic devices of the utopian genre. The imaginary worlds represent a space of empowerment that will enable the transformation of power systems, gender and sexual policies against any discriminations. This transformation is seen as salvific for both men and women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54622c5d70f447eabd08246f4f8816682022-12-21T19:15:24ZengUniversity of BolognaGovernare la paura1974-49352016-12-019110.6092/issn.1974-4935/65505948The Utopian Imaginary, Gender Equality, and Women’s WritingsRita Monticelli0University of BolognaThe essay analyses the utopian imaginary in women’s writings with specific reference to the 1970s. Since the late 19th century, utopia as a genre becomes a space to deconstruct and re-elaborate women’s identity and subjectivity. The appropriation of the utopian paradigm enriches the classical critique of the existing social systems with the deconstruction of gender roles and female stereotypes as a means to fight gender discrimination as well as other forms of oppression which lie at the foundation of the Western symbolic and social orders. It also implies the restructuring of the technical and stylistic devices of the utopian genre. The imaginary worlds represent a space of empowerment that will enable the transformation of power systems, gender and sexual policies against any discriminations. This transformation is seen as salvific for both men and women.https://governarelapaura.unibo.it/article/view/6550utopiagender and genrewomenliterature |
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| title | The Utopian Imaginary, Gender Equality, and Women’s Writings |
| title_full | The Utopian Imaginary, Gender Equality, and Women’s Writings |
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| title_short | The Utopian Imaginary, Gender Equality, and Women’s Writings |
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