Tatiana TeslenkoFeminist Utopian Novels of the 1970s
Joanna Russ and Dorothy Bryant
Tatiana Teslenko teaches at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Her research interests are genre studies, feminist criticism, cultural theory, and utopian studies. Most recently, she co-edited The Rhetoric and Ideology of Genre, in which she published a chapter entitled "Ideology and Genre: Heteroglossia of Soviet Genre Theories."
CONTENTS: List of Tables Preface Introduction Rhetoric of Identification
New Rhetoric of Genre Chapter 1: Utopia and Utopianism Utopia and Ideology
Utopia as Literary Genre Chapter 2: Utopianism and Feminism Scraping False
Dichotomies Genre Transformation Chapter 3: Dorothy Bryant: Saving the
Human Race The Real World Utopian Chronotope Utopian People Dream-time:
Fluid Meaning and Rigid Word The Law of Light Chapter 4: Joanna Russ: New
Meaning for Old Concepts Calculated Ambiguity Janet the Savior Jeannine:
Cognitive Starvation Jael: Terror of Terrorism Joanna: Usurp the Denied
Identification Revisited Conclusion: Utopian Genre as Feminist Strategy
Glossary Bibliography