Category:Feminist novels
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This category includes novels dealing with feminist issues.
Fourth novel for feminist sciFi/fantasy
Tehanu by Ursula LeGuin
While the fourth in the Earthsea series it stands well on its own. As she said, the trilogy was like a three-legged stool, it could tip. This is the woman's story. It tells the story of Tenar (one of her names)as she deals with child abuse, tending her farm and reconnects with the former chief wizard, who has apparently lost his poers. There is a great deal of discussion of the differences between women and men, their place in the world and their estimation of their own worth - and the eventual defeat of evil in the world, by a girl-child (or is she?). As well-written and compelling as all her writing, it is also challenging as the reader must also come to grips with his/her own acceptance of gender roles and stereotypes. An outstanding read.
