![]() ![]() In the following pages these question will be subject: What is the feminist critique of motherhood? Who is qualified to be a mother? How do the maternal-centered worlds of Gilman and Piercy reflect feminist theories? How can utopian writing have realistic effects on political visions despite its fantastic content? This andocentric reality stands in opposition to the feminist utopia that is flourishing in the hands of „mothers“. Quinessentially, Gilman and Piercy put motherhood in the center of society to criticize the limiting definition of womenhood as motherhood and its imposition on women which restrain active participation in economical, political and societal issues by women in a patriarchal world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Focusing on Charlotte Perkin Gilman‘s Herland (1915) and Marge Piercy‘s Women on the Edgeof Time (1976), this paper will trace the notion of motherhood in feminist utopian writing by working with a historical approach which examines the voices of first-wave and second-wave feminism correspondingly. This paper will introduce two feminist utopian writings that present fictive worlds in whichmaternity is not only valued but stands at the center of the whole community, essentially includingevery citizen in reproductive work. ![]()
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