[ENG] ROLES REVERSED IN THE END OF THIS DAY’S BUSINESS BY KATHARINE BURDEKIN: A UTOPIAN DYSTOPIAN SOCIAL ORDER // ROLES INVERTIDOS EN THE END OF THIS DAY’S BUSINESS DE KATHARINE BURDEKIN: UN ORDEN SOCIAL UTÓPICO-DISTÓPICO
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This article aims to introduce the British writer, Katharine Burdekin as a writer of speculative fiction and to critically deal with her literary utopia/dystopia, The End of This Day’s Business (1935, 1989). Burdekin’s brief biographical information, in conjunction with an analysis of her other significant work, Swastika Night (1937) is necessary for comprehending her concerns about the future and her utopian impulse. The article presents an analytical approach to the interconnectedness between gender politics, knowledge production and communication, and practice of power in the envisioned world order. It concerns Burdekin’s representation of both the patriarchal and matriarchal world order and discusses her quest for the utopian impulse and constructive social change.
KEY WORDS: Katharine Burdekin, gender politics, hope, utopias, dystopias
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Este artículo pretende introducir a la escritora británica, Katharine Burdekin, como escritora de ficción especulativa, y también tratar críticamente su utopía/distopía literaria, The End of This Day’s Business (1935, 1989). Para entender la preocupación de Burdekin con el futuro y también su impulso utópico, hace falta información biográfica y una referencia a su otra obra notable, Swastika Night (1937). Este artículo presenta un enfoque analítico de la interconexión entre la política de género, la producción y la comunicación del conocimiento, y la práctica del poder en el orden mundial imaginado. Se trata sobre su representación de los órdenes mundiales patriarcales y matriarcales, y sobre su búsqueda de un impulso utópico y un cambio social constructivo.
PALABRAS CAVE: Katharine Burdekin, política de género, esperanza, utopías, distopías
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