Egalia's Daughters (Women in Translation Series)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0931188342
ISBN 13
9780931188343
Category
Queer Authors
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Publication Year
1985
Publisher
The Journeyman Press Ltd, United Kingdom
Pages
270
Description
Welcome to the land of Egalia, where gender roles are topsy-turvy as "wim" wield the power and "menwim" light the home fires. This re-telling of the prototypical coming-of-age novel will have readers laughing out loud and wondering who should prevail: poor Petronius, who wants more than anything to cruise the oceans as a seawom; or his powerful and protective mother Director Bram, who rules her family with an authoritarian righteousness. But for better or for worse, as the masculist party begins to organize and protest, the landscape of Egalia threatens to change forever. More than just a humorous romp, Egalia’s Daughters poses the provocative question of whether the culprit in gender subjugation is gender itself or powerno matter who wields it. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
