The Relationship Between Community and Subjectivity in Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower

In her fictive world of 2024, Octavia E. Butler projects the political fantasies of the anti-government right into the future, a powerful segment of American society which would resolve the current capitalist crisis by accentuating economic inequality and by annuling the power of the state to protec...

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Published in:Extrapolation 2005-10, Vol.46 (3), p.351-359
Main Author: Agusti, Clara Escoda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Butler, Octavia E
Literary criticism
Novels
Politics
Science fiction & fantasy
Subjectivity
Utopias
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Summary:In her fictive world of 2024, Octavia E. Butler projects the political fantasies of the anti-government right into the future, a powerful segment of American society which would resolve the current capitalist crisis by accentuating economic inequality and by annuling the power of the state to protect and organize its subjects. Here, Agusti focuses on how Butler dramatizes and overcomes the exploitation of the female that ensues from such a form of capitalism.
ISSN:0014-5483
2047-7708
DOI:10.3828/extr.2005.46.3.7