LEADER 03892nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910820501803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-8663-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000347102 035 $a(EBL)310387 035 $a(OCoLC)476094257 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000212424 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174878 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212424 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10138182 035 $a(PQKB)11040246 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310387 035 $a(OCoLC)85858136 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39575 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL310387 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10159372 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL523450 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000347102 100 $a19960626d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNotes on nowhere $efeminism, utopian logic, and social transformation /$fJennifer Burwell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMinneapolis, Minn. $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc1997 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican culture ;$vv. 13 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-2639-1 311 $a0-8166-2638-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Locational Hazards: The Utopian Impulse and the Logic of Social Transformation; 2. Turning Inward: Strategies of Containment and Subjective/Collective Boundaries in Traditional Utopian Literature; 3. Speaking Parts: Internal Dialogic and Models of Agency in the Work of Joanna Russ and Octavia Butler; 4. Utopia and Technopolitics in Woman on the Edge of Time; 5. Acting Out ""Lesbian"": Monique Wittig and Immanent Critique; Conclusion. Moveable Locales: Narrating Unsutured Utopia; Notes; Works Cited; Index 330 $aThe term utopia implies both "good place" and "nowhere." Since Sir Thomas More wrote Utopia in 1516, debates about utopian models of society have sought to understand the implications of these somewhat contradictory definitions. In Notes on Nowhere, author Jennifer Burwell uses a cross-section of contemporary feminist science fiction to examine the political and literary meaning of utopian writing and utopian thought. Burwell provides close readings of the science fiction novels of five feminist writers-Marge Piercy, Sally Gearhart, Joanna Russ, Octavia Butler, and Monique Wittig-and poses que 410 0$aAmerican culture (Minneapolis, Minn.) ;$v13. 517 3 $aFeminism, utopian logic, and social transformation 606 $aAmerican fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aUtopias in literature 606 $aFeminism and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLiterature and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFeminist fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSocial problems in literature 606 $aLogic in literature 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aUtopias in literature. 615 0$aFeminism and literature$xHistory 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFeminist fiction, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSocial problems in literature. 615 0$aLogic in literature. 676 $a813/.5409372 700 $aBurwell$b Jennifer$0896830 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820501803321 996 $aNotes on nowhere$93959048 997 $aUNINA