Rudy Leon wrote:
> I'm Rudy Leon, and I am a grad student in religion,
> American religion and New Religious Movements, at Syracuse U., and this
> semester I am teaching a course on Religion in Feminist Utopian Fantasy
> Novels. We just finished Herland, and this next couple of weeks are doing
> Wanderground (Gearhart) and Suzie Charnas' Walk to the End of the World and
> Motherlines. We'll also be reading Dispossessed; Woman on the Edge of
> Time; Marraiges Between Zones 3, 4, 5; Fifth Sacred Thing; Handmaid's Tale;
> and Gate to Women's Country. I am actually really curious if this seems
> like a cliched list to people 'in the know'. The students also have to do
> a comparative study with an 'outside' book, most likely one of the ones I
> ended up deciding not to use for the class, or any sugegestions that I hear
> here.
Unless your students are really devoted to the genre, I doubt very much
if they will have read many or even a few of these. This looks like a
good selection for your topic, in my opinion. Welcome. I'd be curious
to hear periodically how your students respond to the various books.
Berni
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