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Readers Revisit Gerd Brantenberg's Satire Egalia's Daughters
Original: This week I've been mainly reading, no. 336. Gerd Brantenberg's feminist novel Egalia’s Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes
Gerd Brantenberg's 1977 feminist novel Egalia's Daughters is drawing fresh attention from readers. The book imagines a matriarchal society in which men, long the oppressed sex, begin organising a resistance movement of their own. A reader reviewing it this week called it well thought through, describing the Norwegian satire as still sharp on gender roles nearly five decades after publication.
Why now: A reader's recommendation has renewed discussion of the classic feminist satire and its inverted gender society.
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- This week I've been mainly reading, no. 336. Gerd Brantenberg's feminist novel Egalia’s Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes (1977/2004) is set in a matriarchic society where men (hitherto oppressed) begin to organise a male resistance movement. Its well thought through & offers a… · ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk · 5
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