Misogyny Survives the Apocalypse: The Collapse of Reproductive Justice in Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven and Ling Ma’s Severance
Department
Interdisciplinary Studies
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Abstract
Relentless efforts by US elected officials to erode reproductive rights make the consequences of such punitive socio-political actions an apt focus for dystopic novels. Writers such as Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Louise Erdrich, Ling Ma, and Emily St. John Mandel imagine the extreme, though frighteningly plausible, outcomes of contemporary reproductive rights-based legislation and court rulings that weaken both the "legal right to reproductive health care services" and the "enforcement of laws" designed to protect reproductive choice (Ross and Solinger 69).
Journal Title
Women's Studies
Journal ISSN
00497878
Volume
51
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
17
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1080/00497878.2021.2005598
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