Dystopias and Utopias on Earth and Beyond
Dystopias and Utopias on Earth and Beyond Caught as we are in a grave climate crisis that seems more irreversible with every passing year, our literary portrayals of the future often feature the…
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Dystopias and Utopias on Earth and Beyond
Caught as we are in a grave climate crisis that seems more irreversible with every passing year, our literary portrayals of the future often feature the dystopian collapse of the world as we know it. From an ecofeminist perspective, a core cause of our current ecological catastrophe is the patriarchal domination of nature, playing out in parallel with the oppression of women. Science fiction explores how we got here, while pointing toward a more hopeful path forward.
As an alternative to dystopian futures that seem increasingly inevitable, ecofeminist science fiction helps us conjure utopias that promote environmental sustainability based on more egalitarian human relationships.Dystopias and Utopias on Earth and Beyond: Feminist Ecocriticism of Science Fiction explores the fictional worlds of such canonical novelists as Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Ursula K. Le