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The Female Man by Joanna Russ

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Author Biography

Name: Joanna Russ
Birth Date: February 22, 1937
Nationality: American
Gender: Female

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Biography of Joanna Russ
4348 words, approx. 14.5 pages
Joanna Russ stands out even among the New Wave as a writer of considerable technical sophistication. Although the contemporary reception of her works is occasionally marred by reviews of critics who may be unduly influenced by her feminist subject matter...


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The Female Man Information
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The Female Man is a feminist science fiction novel by Joanna Russ. It was originally written in 1970 and published in 1975. The book was re-released in 2000. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in...


News and Journals
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The Independent - London
Science: Why female hormones are vital for a red-blooded man
12/04/1997: 408 words, approx. 1 pages
Do men have any use for female hormones, known as oestrogens? Yes, say scientists - the tiny amount produced naturally keeps them fertile. This could also shed new light on fears over 'environmental oestrogen'. Charles Arthur investigates. Fears that man-made chemicals which mimic...
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Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
Man Trying To Overturn Record Showing Him As Female At Birth.(local)
12/05/2007: 675 words, approx. 2 pages
Byline: ROBERT IMRIE Associated Press A Green Bay man who amended his birth certificate to change his sex to female failed Tuesday in efforts to have it revised again to identify him as male. Stephanie Calewarts asked for the latest change...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Gerald Jonas
454 words, approx. 2 pages
In her previous novels, "Picnic on Paradise" and "The Female Man," Joanna Russ used science fiction as a vehicle for the most intelligent, hard-minded commentary on feminism that you are likely to find anywhere. Her premise seemed to be this: If the war between the sexes is really a war, women are never going to win (or even hold their own) unless they are willing to mobilize their minds and bodies. People who declare war when they are unready to fight deserve the disaster that a...
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Critical Essay by Gerald Jonas
278 words, approx. 1 pages
["The Female Man" may be categorized as serious "women's lib S.F." The author Joanna Russ] has never been one to deny the importance of basic biological facts in determining sex roles; she also understands how easily such facts can be compensated for once their existence is acknowledged. For instance, her heroines tend to be castrating females in the most literal sense. They take for granted that Tarzan will never really consider Jane an equal as long as he feels he can be...
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Critical Essay by Michael Goodwin
212 words, approx. 1 pages
[The Female Man] is not a novel—it's a scream of anger, sustained for 214 pages. It's unfair, it's maddening, it's depressing. I hated it for months after I read it. There's no plot, just four women whose names begin with "J" (Joanna, Jeannine, Janet and Jael) free-floating through a mirror-maze of events and characters. Some of the book is set in the present, some in a recognizable future, some in alternate presents and futures. Hatred of men is the o...


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