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Man's world / Charlotte Haldane ; introduction by Philippa Levine

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Haldane, Charlotte, 1894-1969
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2024]
Physical Description
xxv, 265 pages ; 20 cm.
Additional Creators
Levine, Philippa

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"In the not-too-distant future, the world is ruled by a male scientific elite. Eugenics has triumphed in this fertility dystopia; from adolescence, women are either made into "vocational mothers," or, if they have no interest in motherhood, they are sterilized by the government and become "neuters." The story introduces a young woman who rebels against this system, and a young man who resists the "happy" norm - a resistance which culminates, like the Savage's in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, in suicide"--
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9780262547635 paperback
0262547635 paperback
9780262378116 electronic book
9780262378109 electronic book
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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