Notes on Nowhere : Feminism, Utopian Logic, and Social Transformation.

Notes on Nowhere : Feminism, Utopian Logic, and Social Transformation.

The term utopia implies both "good place" and "nowhere." Since Sir Thomas More wrote Utopia in 1516, debates about utopian models of society have sought to understand the implications of these somewhat contradictory definitions. In Notes on Nowhere, author Jennifer Burwell uses a...

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Main Author: Burwell, Jennifer
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
Series:American culture.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Utopias in literature.
Feminism and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Feminist fiction, American > History and criticism.
Social problems in literature.
Logic in literature.
utopian literature.
American fiction
American fiction > Women authors
Feminism and literature
Feminist fiction, American
Literature and society
Logic in literature
Social problems in literature
Utopias in literature
Women and literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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