{"product_id":"with-her-in-ourland-2","title":"With Her in Ourland","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo works in one, this volume contains the full text of \u003ci\u003eWith Her in Ourland\u003c\/i\u003e by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, as well as an illuminating sociological analysis by Mary Jo Deegan with the assistance of Michael R. Hill. \u003ci\u003eOurland\u003c\/i\u003e is the sequel to Gilman's acclaimed feminist utopian novel \u003ci\u003eHerland\u003c\/i\u003e; both were published in her journal, \u003ci\u003eThe Forerunner\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1915 and 1916. \u003ci\u003eOurland\u003c\/i\u003e resumes the adventures of ^IHerland^R's protagonists, Ellador and Van, but turns from utopian fantasy to a challenging analysis of contemporary social fissures in \u003ci\u003ehis land\u003c\/i\u003e, or the real world. The republication of \u003ci\u003eHerland\u003c\/i\u003e as a separate novel in 1979 revived critical interest in Gilman's work but truncated the larger aims implicit in the ^IHerland\/Ourland^R saga, leaving an erroneous understanding of Gilman's other\/better half of the story, in which it is suggested that strong women can resocialize men to be nurturant and cooperative. Gilman's choice of a sexually integrated society in \u003ci\u003eWith Her in Ourland\u003c\/i\u003e provides us with her answer to her ideal society, but her foray into a woman-only society as a corrective to a male dominated one is a controversial option. The challenging message of \u003ci\u003eOurland\u003c\/i\u003e, however, does not impede the pleasure of reading it as a novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough known more for her fiction today, Gilman in her time was a recognized and accomplished sociologist who admired Lester F. Ward and frequently visited Jane Addams of Chicago's Hull-House. The male protagonist in \u003ci\u003eHerland\/Ourland\u003c\/i\u003e, Van, is a sociologist, used by Gilman as a foil on which to skewer the assumptions and practices of patriarchal sociology. The interpretation presented here, which adopts a sociological viewpoint, is invaluable reading for scholars and students of sociology, American women's studies, and utopian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54219345396056,"sku":"9780313276149","price":82.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/with-her-in-ourland-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}