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Two works in one, this volume contains the full text of With Her in Ourland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, as well as an illuminating sociological analysis by Mary Jo Deegan with the assistance of Michael R. Hill. Ourland is the sequel to Gilman's acclaimed feminist utopian novel Herland ; both were published in her journal, The Forerunner , in 1915 and 1916. Ourland resumes the adventures of ^IHerland^R's protagonists, Ellador and Van, but turns from utopian fantasy to a challenging analysis of contemporary social fissures in his land , or the real world. The republication of Herland as a separate novel in 1979 revived critical interest in Gilman's work but truncated the larger aims implicit in the ^IHerland/Ourland^R saga, leaving an erroneous understanding of Gilman's other/better half of the story, in which it is suggested that strong women can resocialize men to be nurturant and cooperative. Gilman's choice of a sexually integrated society in With Her in Ourland provides us with her answer to her ideal society, but her foray into a woman-only society as a corrective to a male dominated one is a controversial option. The challenging message of Ourland , however, does not impede the pleasure of reading it as a novel.
Though known more for her fiction today, Gilman in her time was a recognized and accomplished sociologist who admired Lester F. Ward and frequently visited Jane Addams of Chicago's Hull-House. The male protagonist in Herland/Ourland , Van, is a sociologist, used by Gilman as a foil on which to skewer the assumptions and practices of patriarchal sociology. The interpretation presented here, which adopts a sociological viewpoint, is invaluable reading for scholars and students of sociology, American women's studies, and utopian literature.
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出版社周刊评论
He's a brash American adventurer; she's an independent, albeit sheltered, sociologist from Herland, a 2000-year-old, all-female society. Not surprisingly, when Vandyck (Van) and Ellador marry, most everything becomes a point of negotiation, if not contention: sexual relations, family obligations and attitudes about race, class and the welfare state. Originally published in 1916, this sequel to Gilman's utopian Herland (1915) was serialized in her monthly magazine, the Forerunner. Ostensibly Van's recollection of the pair's whirlwind, two-year trip through Europe, Asia and the U.S., this fictional vehicle is a thinly veiled platform for Gilman to rail against the evils of her era. Starting with the couple's exploration of WWI European battlefields, Gilman posits Ellador as a naïve innocent peering at violence and inequity for the first time. Throughout, various forms of oppression, including poverty, racism and female subjugation, are caught in her incredulous gaze: "I think your prejudice against the black is silly, wicked, andhypocritical." Van, for his part, represents the blithely ignorant American status quo and is a perfect foil for Ellador's wide-eyed realizations. Gilman's politics, progressive by the standards of her day, aren't always correct by ours: her anti-Semitism and nativism are sure to rankle contemporary readers. Nonetheless, the book is a window into the second decade of the 20th century, and despite their persistent heavy-handedness, many of Gilman's observations are prescient and astute. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Gilman's sequel to her utopian Herland (1915) continues to advance her social theories. However, With Her in Ourland (first published in 1916) is a dystopian work; it chronicles the experiences of characters Van and Ellador, following their departure from Herland as they travel the world during the Great War. As she does in much of her fiction, Gilman urges radical social reform as a way to save the world from chaos and destruction. At the novel's conclusion, Van and Ellador return to the utopian Herland, which offers a sanctuary from the cruel and savage masculine world. Despite some minor factual errors in her introduction to the novel, Deegan (Univ. of Nebraska) provides a cogent argument for reading Herland and With Her in Ourland as two halves of a greater whole. Although her sociological perspective invites an expanded reading of Ourland, her contention that the novel "challenges several major interpretations of Gilman scholarship" is overstated. Even less convincing is her contention that the publication of Herland as a separate novel "condemned Gilman's Herland/Ourland saga as a whole to misinterpretation and even greater oblivion." Recommended for all public and academic collections. D. D. Knight; SUNY College at Cortland
《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
Despite its lack of plot, forced dialog, and flat characters, this is a significant book. A sequel to Gilman's feminist classic, Herland (1916), this continues yet radically changes that book's utopian vision. Ellador leaves Herland with her new husband, Vandyck Jennings, one of the three men who discovered the world populated entirely by women. After a tour of Europe and Asia, they return to "his" land, the United States. More sociological tract than novel, the book analyzes social, economic, and political problems, discussing overpopulation, gender roles, environmentalism, the care of children, and racismissues that are surprisingly relevant today. The final pages of the book provide an unexpected twist that completes the reader's understanding of Gilman's overall purpose. Recommended for academic libraries.Yvette Weller Olson, City Univ. Lib., Seattle (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
目录
Introduction: Gilman's Sociological |
Journey from Herland to Ourland With Her in Ourland: Sequel to Herland |
The Return War |
A Journey of Inspection Nearing Home My Country |
The Diagnosis In Our Homes |
More Diagnosis |
Democracy and Economics |
Race and Religion |
Feminism and the Woman's Movement |
Conclusion |