Two works in one, this volume contains the full text of _With Her in Ourland_ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, as well as an illuminating sociological analysis by Mary Jo Deegan with the assistance of Michael R. Hill. _Ourland_ is the sequel to Gilman's acclaimed feminist utopian novel _Herland_; both were published in her journal, _The Forerunner_, in 1915 and 1916. _Ourland_ resumes the adventures of ^IHerland^R's protagonists, Ellador and Van, but turns from utopian fantasy to a challenging analysis of contemporary social fissures in _his land_, or the real world. The republication of _Herland_ as a separate novel in 1979 revived critical interest in Gilman's work but truncated the larger aims implicit in the ^IHerland/Ourland^R saga, leaving an erroneous understanding of Gilman's other/better half of the story, in which it is suggested that strong women can resocialize men to be nurturant and cooperative. Gilman's choice of a sexually integrated society in _With Her in Ourland_ provides us with her answer to her ideal society, but her foray into a woman-only society as a corrective to a male dominated one is a controversial option. The challenging message of _Ourland_, however, does not impede the pleasure of reading it as a novel. Though known more for her fiction today, Gilman in her time was a recognized and accomplished sociologist who admired Lester F. Ward and frequently visited Jane Addams of Chicago's Hull-House. The male protagonist in _Herland/Ourland_, Van, is a sociologist, used by Gilman as a foil on which to skewer the assumptions and practices of patriarchal sociology. The interpretation presented here, which adopts a sociological viewpoint, is invaluable reading for scholars and students of sociology, American women's studies, and utopian literature.
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Sequel to Herland

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ISBN
9780313373602
Publisert
2023
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury USA
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok