The handmaid's tale and philosophy: a womb of one's own

In The Handmaid's Tale and Philosophy, philosophers give their insights into the blockbuster best-selling novel and record-breaking TV series, The Handmaid's Tale. The story involves a future breakaway state in New England, beset by environmental disaster and a plummeting birth rate, in wh...

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Weitere Verfasser: Robison-Greene, Rachel 1983- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago Open Court [2019]
Schriftenreihe:Popular culture and philosophy 123
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Zusammenfassung:In The Handmaid's Tale and Philosophy, philosophers give their insights into the blockbuster best-selling novel and record-breaking TV series, The Handmaid's Tale. The story involves a future breakaway state in New England, beset by environmental disaster and a plummeting birth rate, in which the few remaining fertile women are conscripted to have sex and bear children to the most powerful men, all justified and rationalized by religious fundamentalism
Beschreibung:xiv, 278 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9780812699920