The book describes an isolated society composed entirely of women, who bear children without men (parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction). Information on Guest: Abigail Favale is a Professor at the University of Notre Dame and author of The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory and Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion. Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, written by American feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Information on the Host: Jessica Hooten Wilson is a Senior Fellow at Trinity Forum, the inaugural Visiting Scholar of Liberal Arts at Pepperdine University, and the author of several books, including The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints, Learning the Good Life: From the Great Hearts and Minds that Came Before, and Giving the Devil his Due: Flannery O’Connor and The Brothers Karamazov. The Scandal of Reading is sponsored by Brazos Press. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory by Abigail Favale Why is this novel still worth reading and reflecting upon today? What does it tell us about how feminism has changed since 1915? How do we form our identities as women and as Christians? The story describes an isolated society composed. Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson and Professor Abigail Favale discuss feminist utopian novel Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Herland is a utopian novel published in 1915 and written by the feminist writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
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