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‘Worlds Apart’ provides a critical exploration of transgressive utopian dystopias, focusing on how prominent works—including Suzette Haden Elgin’s *Native Tongue* trilogy, Suzy McKee Charna’s *Holdfast* series, and Margaret Atwood’s *The Handmaid’s Tale*—engage with themes of gender, race, and class. The study also situates these texts within the broader context of classic literary dualism and dystopian narrative traditions, offering insight into the socio‑cultural implications of imagined societies and dissenting perspectives.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Dunja M. Mohr
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