dystopia context Flashcards
the drowned world is seen as a
founding text in eco dystopia
octavia butler is accredited for her attention to
race, gender and power within the genre
John carey has described dystopia as
merely a utopia from another point of view
zamyatins we is influenced by
life under soviet rule
sci fi was heavily
male dominated
some female writers used psydeoniums
the 1940s are seen as the
golden age of sci fi
dominated by white men
Atwood distances her work from
sci fi and calls it speculative
fear for the future post ww2
scale of suffering and death
atomic bomb
cold war
1984 modelled a …. government against
totalitarian government against stalinist Russia
dystopia operates as a idea genre to explore
results of gender oppression
exploration of Womens reproductive capacity
often in gendered dystopia the privilege of
reproduction is reserved for the wealthy and powerful
reflects new christian right
gendered dystopias explore a possible future based on
current gendered oppressions
eco dystopia: destruction and suffering are caused by
scientific intervention into humans lives
recent dystopian novels include evidence of
environmental damage as an inevitable part of our lives
parable of the sower features a us setting where
fresh water is at a premium
despite dystopia being written for an adult audience, using young characters
explore the impacts of social collapse on the young
the victorian age was an era of
substantial technologically process
with the rise of industrialisation, capitalism
became the dominant political and economic structure of the west
the conflict between capitalist and socialist ideals
became a central ideological conflict of the twentieth century
the cuban missile crisis is seen as the closest the world has ever got to
nuclear destruction
nuclear conflict was seen in ‘how we got along
after the bomb by Phillip k dick
herbert Spencer argued that philanthropy aiding
the poor was preventing social progress
california performed 20,000
sterilisation procedures without the knowledge of patients
sterilisation programmes in the us targeted
women of colour
nazi regime sent disabled kids to special paediatric clinks
where they were neglected or euthanised
authoritarianism describes regime demanding
complete obedient and no freedom
it is politically expedient to designate an other
on whom to place fear and blame
the suspension of free press is
one way to achieve cultural control with propoganda
both Italy and Germany
revised their school textbooks
in spain, regional languages like
Catalan were banned,
