{"id":25685,"date":"2024-05-14T20:20:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T20:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/how-does-octavia-butlers-literary-works-challenge-gender-norms-and-explore-the-intersectionality-of-race-and-gender-in-a-dystopian-context-while-also-addressing-prevalent-notions-of-blackness-and-ra\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T20:20:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T20:20:25","slug":"how-does-octavia-butlers-literary-works-challenge-gender-norms-and-explore-the-intersectionality-of-race-and-gender-in-a-dystopian-context-while-also-addressing-prevalent-notions-of-blackness-and-ra","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/how-does-octavia-butlers-literary-works-challenge-gender-norms-and-explore-the-intersectionality-of-race-and-gender-in-a-dystopian-context-while-also-addressing-prevalent-notions-of-blackness-and-ra\/","title":{"rendered":"How does Octavia Butler’s literary works challenge gender norms and explore the intersectionality of race and gender in a dystopian context, while also addressing prevalent notions of Blackness and racism in science fictions?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Asignment Details:<\/span><\/p>\n

Expected to summarize the interpretations and analyses in those sources. Note that the
\nprocess of locating sources of critical knowledge on your topic will require you to locate, read, and
\nassess more than just the final 8-10 sources you write about. 
<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources I picked but welcome to find more:<\/span><\/p>\n

Bibliography<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \n

    Matthews, Aisha. \u201cGender, Ontology, and the Power of the Patriarchy: A Postmodern Feminist Analysis of Octavia Butler\u2019s Wild Seed and Margaret Atwood\u2019s the Handmaid\u2019s Tale.\u201d <\/span>Women\u2019s Studies<\/span> 47, no. 6 (August 2018): 637\u201356. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00497878.2018.1492403<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Van Engen, Dagmar. \u201cMetamorphosis, Transition, and Insect Biology in the Octavia E. Butler Archive.\u201d <\/span>Women\u2019s Studies<\/span> 47, no. 7 (October 3, 2018): 733\u201354. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00497878.2018.1518620<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Blazan, Sladja. \u201c\u2018Something Beyond Pain\u2019: Race, Gender, and Hyperempathy in Octavia Butler\u2019s Parable of the Sower.\u201d <\/span>Gender Forum<\/span>, no. 82 (January 2022): 34\u201352. <\/span>https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&db=qth&AN=158534680&site=ehost-live&scope=site<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    Alexis Lothian. Old Futures\u202f: Speculative Fiction and Queer Possibility. NYU Scholarship Online. New York: NYU Press, 2019. <\/span>https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1789424&site=ehost-live&scope=site<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. \n

    Eleanor Drage. The Planetary Humanism of European Women\u2019s Science Fiction\u202f: An Experience of the Impossible. Interdisciplinary Research in Gender. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2024. <\/span>https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=3678083&site=ehost-live&scope=site<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  6. \n

    Lloyd, Vincent. \u201cPost-Racial, Post-Apocalyptic Love: Octavia Butler as Political Theologian.\u201d Political Theology 17, no. 5 (September 2016): 449\u201364. doi:10.1080\/1462317X.2016.1211296. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Research Question:<\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    • \n

      How does Octavia Butler’s literary works challenge gender norms and explore the intersectionality of race and gender in a dystopian context, while also addressing prevalent notions of Blackness and racism in science fictions<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Asignment Details: Expected to summarize the interpretations and analyses in those sources. Note that the process of locating sources of critical knowledge on your topic will require you to locate, read, and assess more than just the final 8-10 sources you write about.  Sources I picked but welcome to find more: Bibliography Matthews, Aisha. \u201cGender, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[123],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/25685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/25685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=25685"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=25685"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=25685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}