The feminist utopian novels of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Subtitle: themes of sexuality, marriage, and motherhood
By: Chloe Avril ; with a preface by Kerstin Shands.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780773449695
Subjects: Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, -- 1860-1935 -- Criticism and interpretation; Feminist fiction, American -- History and criticism; Utopias in literature; Sex role in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Gilman revival; title: The utopian genre; title: Gilman's utopias; title: Feminist literary criticism; title: The aim of the present study; title: Sexuality versus pleasure; title: The female body and its sexualisation; title: Disease and contraception; title: Reflections on Gilman's views of sexuality; title: Marriage as servitude; title: Positive images of marriage; title: Is marriage reform sufficient to transform gender relations?; title: The need to change motherhood; title: Motherhood as power; title: Essentialist motherhood.