Additional Affiliations
Associate Professor, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program; Associate Director, Center for Humanities; Faculty with the Feminist Critical Analysis Seminar
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
9-2005
Originally Published In
Wanzo, Rebecca (2005). Apocalyptic Empathy: A Parable of Postmodern Sentimentality. Obsidian III, 6/7 (1/2), 72-86.
Abstract
This essay analyzes the relationship between feelings and politics in Octavia E. Butler's novels "Parable of the Sower" and "Parable of the Talents." Comparison of the sentimentalism approach used by the author and Harriet Beecher Stowe in the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"; Characteristics of Butler's novels which are categorize as postmodernism; Significance of feeling of the novels' heroines to political activism.
Recommended Citation
Wanzo, Rebecca (2005). Apocalyptic Empathy: A Parable of Postmodern Sentimentality. Obsidian III, 6/7 (1/2), 72-86.
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Comments
Wanzo, Rebecca (2005). Apocalyptic Empathy: A Parable of Postmodern Sentimentality. Obsidian III, 6/7 (1/2), 72-86.