Women's Fantasies and Feminist Utopias
This JSTOR article explores the works of a handful of feminist authors during the 19th Cnetury and contemporary Women's Movements. In her analysis of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland among others, author Carol Pearson finds that while these works may appear to be different they possess many similar characteristics. In each of the works, a feminist utopia exists in which women are free from the limits typically set by a patriarchal society; Pearson finds a striking consensus in each fantasy work involving such a utopia.
This JSTOR article explores the works of a handful of feminist authors during the 19th Cnetury and contemporary Women's Movements. In her analysis of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland among others, author Carol Pearson finds that while these works may appear to be different they possess many similar characteristics. In each of the works, a feminist utopia exists in which women are free from the limits typically set by a patriarchal society; Pearson finds a striking consensus in each fantasy work involving such a utopia.
- Carol Pearson
- Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Autumn, 1977), pp. 50-61
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
- http://www.jstor.org/stable/3346349?&Search=yes&term=herland&term=movement&term=women%27s&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dherland%2Band%2Bwomen%2527s%2Bmovement%26x%3D0%26y%3D0%26wc%3Don&item=4&ttl=172&returnArticleService=showArticle
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