Nostalgia and the Dialectics of Contemporary Feminisms in The Handmaid's Tale
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Nostalgia and the Dialectics of Contemporary Feminisms in The Handmaid's TaleData de publicació
2021Editor
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Gámez Fuentes, María José, and Rebeca Maseda García. “Nostalgia and the Dialectics of Contemporary Feminisms in <em>The Handmaid’s Tale</Em>.” Science Fiction Studies 48, no. 1 (2021): 77–93. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5621/sciefictstud.48.1.0077.Tipus de document
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In this article, we turn our gaze to the television series The Handmaid's Tale to examine different critical aspects of nostalgia in relation to contemporary and previous feminist debates. Our purpose is to analyze ... [+]
In this article, we turn our gaze to the television series The Handmaid's Tale to examine different critical aspects of nostalgia in relation to contemporary and previous feminist debates. Our purpose is to analyze not only the series' different approaches to nostalgia but also to question the type of feminism the female dystopia attempts to recuperate. We enquire into the political capacity of the show's nostalgia to advance the complex debate on the subject of feminism. In our opinion, the series articulates a conservative recuperation of old feminist debates centered on the female subject (motherhood, rape, pornography, prostitution, etc.) not only due to the threat of the recent misogynistic backlash but also in response to the growth of political power from the LGBTQI movement and the subsequent displacement of traditional feminist issues. Nevertheless, despite falling short of contributing to an intersectional and structural critique of gender injustices, the show constitutes a stimulating catalyst in the fight and debate regarding the improvement of women's lives against the advances of retrograde attitudes and policies in current times. Ultimately, the series defies any monolithic understanding of nostalgia as either amnesiac and regressive or as reflective, inspiring, and recuperative regarding gender. [-]
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Science Fiction Studies, 48(1), 77–93.Entitat finançadora
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity (MINECO-FEDER) | Universitat Jaume I
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FEM2015-65834-C2-2-P | UJI-B2019-13
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