female-man

This introductory chapter of Joanna Russ's Female Man situates the novel within the feminist and science fiction literary traditions of the 1960s and 1970s, highlighting its radical approach to gender and identity. It outlines the novel's structure, focusing on four female protagonists from parallel worlds, each embodying different feminist and socio-cultural realities, and emphasizes the novel's experimental, non-linear narrative style that challenges traditional gender roles and science fiction stereotypes.