In Herland, a vision of a feminist utopia, Gilman employs humor to engaging effect in a story about three male explorers who stumble upon an all-female society isolated somewhere in South America. |1 .i68035688 |b 1220004393269 |d gcrfi |g - |m |h 17 |x 0 |t 0 |i 7 |j 38 |k 111206 |n 06-25-2019 18:12 |o - |a FIC GIL HER |u 1220004393269gcrnb70171p$5.A prominent turn-of-the-century social critic and lecturer, Charlotte Perkins Gilman is perhaps best known for her short story 'The Yellow Wallpaper,' a chilling study of a woman's descent into insanity, and Women and Economics, a classic of feminist theory that analyzes the destructive effects of women's economic reliance on men. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland is a classic of American literature and science fiction reimagined for modern readers. When one of the group fails to respect their hosts' ideals of gender equality, however, the men are forced to make a decision that could endanger the continued existence of the utopia. When an escape attempt goes awry, they are forced to abandon their prejudices, joining the society through marriage. Although they recognize the utopian qualities of the society and despite being impressed by the beauty and order of its structures, the men struggle to live without presupposed notions of gender and patriarchy. They are taught the history of the land, which has been without men for two thousand years, and learn that the women are able to reproduce asexually.

Taken to town, the men are held in a central fortress where they are treated well and encouraged to learn more about the women's culture in order to assimilate. They journey by plane and, upon landing, are quickly captured by a group of women. A sociologist and his two friends embark on an expedition to discover a rumored land where a lost civilization of women lives apart from the rest of the world. Lane in 1979 and has since been recognized as an important work of science fiction written by a leading feminist of the early twentieth century.

The novel was republished with an influential introduction by scholar Ann J. Herland was originally published in The Forerunner, a monthly magazine edited by Gilman, before going out of print for the next several decades. Herland (1915) is a utopian novel by American author and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman