Re: [*FSFFU*] The Handmaid's Tale

From: Gabrielle Bate (BATE@macc.wisc.edu)
Date: Sun Nov 30 1997 - 14:11:00 PST


> I was just wondering if anyone could help me out? I'm writing a
> thesis-driven paper about the socio-cultural experiences of the women in
> The Handmaid's Tale. I really don't have any idea where to start...does
> anyone have any suggestions as to a subject or thesis?
> Thanks...

One point I don't think anyone else has made yet is that Atwood is Canadian
and, according to a Canadian friend of mine, damn proud of it, though she
lived in Boston for a while. So while she is writing about the U.S. in
particular, and Boston in specific, she herself is not an American.

Gabby Bate



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