NDLI: Reading Between Worlds: Gendered Narratives in Fiction

Please wait, while we are loading the content...

Reading Between Worlds: Gendered Narratives in Fiction

Content Provider	Critical Gender Studies Journal
Author	Stamson, Alexandra
Copyright Year	2024
Abstract	This piece considers the way that we can use fictional narratives, especially secondary world stories, to examine the way that gender is translated from one world to another, and how that translation often perpetuates gender stereotypes, hierarchical biases, and sustained gender oppression. In the final section of this paper, three concepts of narrative design are defined: gender-apparent, gender-insinuated, and gender-absent. All three concepts explain how gender can be presented in secondary worlds, with gender-apparent narratives referring to gender being presented explicitly, gender-insinuated as implicitly, and gender-absent as excluded, and the benefits and detriments of all three. The goal of this piece is to provide methods of analysis for fictional narratives in relation to the presentation of contemporary gender systems and the possibility of perpetuating damaging ideologies.
Ending Page	16
Starting Page	1
ISSN	30487293
Journal	Critical Gender Studies Journal
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	1
Language	English
Publisher	Critical Gender Studies Network (CGSN)
Publisher Date	2024-05-18
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	© 2024 by the author/s
Rights License	Critical Gender Studies Network (CGSN), India. Distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license
Subject Keyword	Gender Theory Narrative Theory Media Studies Gender-apparent Narratives Gender-insinuated Narratives Gender-absent Narratives Speculative Fiction and Fantasy Norms Norm/anti-norm Hermeneutical Resources Gender Binary Secondary World
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Gender Studies Cultural Studies

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Australian speculative indigenous fiction as counter-narrative

Secondary Worlds in Pre-Tolkienian Fantasy Fiction

The Shape of Fantasy

Lexical Semantics: Mapping Gender and Cultural Geography in Ursula K. Le Guin's Speculative Fiction

On stories: Tolkien and fictional worlds

Digital Diasporas and Gendered Narratives: A Transnational Feminist Exploration of Americanah

"Always as Though for the First Time": Embodiment, Mediation, and Speculation in Contemporary Transnational Narratives

Time back way back': 'motivation' and speculative fiction

LiBRI Journal - Reading Narratives Supports Cognitive Development Among College Students

Reading Between Worlds: Gendered Narratives in Fiction

Similar Documents

Australian speculative indigenous fiction as counter-narrative

Secondary Worlds in Pre-Tolkienian Fantasy Fiction

The Shape of Fantasy

Lexical Semantics: Mapping Gender and Cultural Geography in Ursula K. Le Guin's Speculative Fiction

On stories: Tolkien and fictional worlds

Digital Diasporas and Gendered Narratives: A Transnational Feminist Exploration of Americanah

"Always as Though for the First Time": Embodiment, Mediation, and Speculation in Contemporary Transnational Narratives

Time back way back': 'motivation' and speculative fiction

LiBRI Journal - Reading Narratives Supports Cognitive Development Among College Students

Reading Between Worlds: Gendered Narratives in Fiction