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2. Pregnancy, Childbirth and Nursing in Feminist Dystopia: Marianne de Pierres’s Transformation Space (2010)

Author

Jessica Aliaga-Lavrijsen

Subjects
feminism, feminist SF, Opera, space opera, 0507 social and economic geography, Context (language use), childbirth, Space (commercial competition), dystopic novel, 050701 cultural studies, Feminism, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, nursing, Nursing, 030225 pediatrics, lcsh:AZ20-999, Narrative, Sociology, Dystopia, contemporary Australian literature, 05 social sciences, Science Fiction, lcsh:History of scholarship and learning. The humanities, Transformative learning, Close reading, pregnancy
Abstract

Marianne de Pierres&rsquo, s Transformation Space (2010) is a rare example of an Australian novel set in an apocalyptic and dystopic interstellar future where pregnancy, childbearing and nursing have a presence that is quite uncommon in Science Fiction (SF). Despite the fact that the genre of SF and that of space opera in particular have been traditionally quite male-oriented, in the last years feminist theories of several kinds have been an undeniable transformative influence. This article intends to analyse not only how these specifically female issues related to motherhood/mothering are presented in the novel, but also to explore their function and role. A close reading of these topics will show whether they endorse a solid feminist stance or are just colourful feminist details in a male-dominated space opera and, in turn, if they have a specifically narrative purpose in the context of the dystopic subgenre.

Published
2020

3. Pregnancy, Childbirth and Nursing in Feminist Dystopia: Marianne de Pierres's Transformation Space (2010).

Author

Aliaga-Lavrijsen, Jessica

Subjects
SCIENCE fiction, PREGNANCY in literature, NURSING in literature, CHILDBIRTH in literature
Abstract

Marianne de Pierres's Transformation Space (2010) is a rare example of an Australian novel set in an apocalyptic and dystopic interstellar future where pregnancy, childbearing and nursing have a presence that is quite uncommon in Science Fiction (SF). Despite the fact that the genre of SF and that of space opera in particular have been traditionally quite male-oriented, in the last years feminist theories of several kinds have been an undeniable transformative influence. This article intends to analyse not only how these specifically female issues related to motherhood/mothering are presented in the novel, but also to explore their function and role. A close reading of these topics will show whether they endorse a solid feminist stance or are just colourful feminist details in a male-dominated space opera and, in turn, if they have a specifically narrative purpose in the context of the dystopic subgenre. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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