"All that you touch you change": Utopian Desire and the Concept of Change in Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents

From: Femspec | Date: June 30, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

This analysis examines two literary narratives by Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, that elucidate the intersection of three fields in Western thought: the notion of utopia, feminist politics and theory, and feminist science fiction. This intersection is crucial for feminists in that it provides tools for negotiating difference within feminist politics. I lay out the dynamics within Octavia Butler's feminist utopian/dystopian writing that define her concept of "utopia" as both a utopian desire and a longing to transform. These allow her to theorize about future ...

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