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4_ergo_feminism_iv_octavia_butler

Carrier Bag Theory and Practice

Ergo-feminism IV : Octavia Butler

On the edge of being human, when human being is barely bearable, Butler’s science fiction allows her to encounter the persistence of racism, colonialism and patriarchy in a highly technologized world with uncommon intimacy and emotional power.

Our first session in fiction-philosophy

How escapism can help us stay human in intolerable conditions from which we cannot escape.

How escapism reaffirms commitments to humanity, whatever that is!

Baruch's slides

Readings
Xenogenesis
Human Contradictions in O. Butler
Joy James on Octavia Butler "Captive Maternal Love"

4_ergo_feminism_iv_octavia_butler.txt · Last modified: 2022/06/01 23:00 by baruch