Titlebook: Women’s Agency in the Dune Universe; Tracing Women’s Libe Kara Kennedy Book 2021 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exc

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Conclusion,with agency and three-dimensionality, the representation of the female body, and the engagement with the concerns of feminism. The chapter also concludes that the series should be positioned within the science fiction genre as part of both New Wave and feminist science fiction.

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Reproduction and Motherhood,bodied agency. It draws on the theories of two major second-wave feminists—Shulamith Firestone and Adrienne Rich—to argue that the series shows women to be agential in matters of reproduction and motherhood and problematizes the radical feminist theory that motherhood is primarily oppressive for wom

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Voices,ng the exertion of female agency. It uses this as a framework with which to analyze female voices in the novels and argue that women are shown securing agency by speaking their mind and influencing those in their environment. It addresses the Bene Gesserit’s mastery of the Voice and Truthsaying—abil

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Sexuality,when it becomes more pronounced. It situates the series within the historical context of changing perceptions of sexuality in the U.S. and second-wave feminist conceptions of female sexuality in terms of women’s liberation. It shows how the Bene Gesserit secure agency by being sexually active, self-

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Conclusion,n the series and shows that this contributes to the depiction of agency being more complex and multi-faceted than it may first seem. It answers the question of whether the Dune series is ultimately feminist in the images and voices of women in the affirmative given the evidence of female characters