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Speculative Fictions as a Mirror: Gender and Sexuality Across Three Works

Fetchko, Amy Victoria
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1399244087

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2014, BA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of English.
The project is an analysis of gender and sexuality in three works of speculative fiction, Ursuline K. LeGuin's "The Left Hand of Darkness", Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale", and Marge Piercy's "Woman on the Edge of Time". By analyzing the various cultures and societies that appear in each work and comparing and contrasting them to real world social structures, the reader can draw conclusions about what each work may imply about the real world. The overarching idea is that gender and sexuality in humans are fluid constructs influenced most strongly by society and cultural rules rather than by biology. The comparison between the incredible and the real throws reality into a new light, allowing audiences to see their own lives and surroundings from a different angle and reach conclusions about the world they might not otherwise contemplate.
Kevin Floyd, Dr. (Advisor)
Elizabeth Howard, Dr. (Committee Member)
Matthew Shank (Committee Member)
Robin Joynes, Dr. (Committee Member)
Gender; Gender Studies; Glbt Studies; Literature; Womens Studies
LeGuin; Piercy; Atwood; gender; sexuality

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  • Fetchko, A. V. (2014). Speculative Fictions as a Mirror: Gender and Sexuality Across Three Works [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1399244087

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fetchko, Amy. Speculative Fictions as a Mirror: Gender and Sexuality Across Three Works. 2014. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1399244087.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fetchko, Amy. "Speculative Fictions as a Mirror: Gender and Sexuality Across Three Works." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1399244087

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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