Alternative Masculinities in Feminist Speculative Fiction - A New Man

This book demonstrates how feminist utopias are united by an interest in replacing patriarchal masculinities with an improved, egalitarian alternative. It analyzes the centrality of such alternative masculinities to the ideal society and the ways feminist fiction contributes to discussions surrounding the ongoing crisis of American masculinity.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Recovering Men in Dorothy Bryant's The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You
Chapter 2: Precarious Masculinities in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed
Chapter 3: Complicating Manhood in Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time
Chapter 4: Masculinity Crossing Borders in Octavia Butler's Lilith's Brood
Chapter 5: "This is the Way a New World Begins": Revolutionary Masculinities in N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth Trilogy
Conclusion
References
About the Author

About the author

Michael Pitts is assistant professor at the University of South Bohemia.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Pitts
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781793636607
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-660-7
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Science Fiction, Fantasy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Women, LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy, Feminism & feminist theory, Literature: history & criticism, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Gender studies: women and girls, Gender studies: women & girls, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Gay & Lesbian studies / LGBTQ studies, Gender studies: transgender, transsexual, intersex people, Gender studies: transgender & intersex, Relating to LGBTQIA+ people