![]() ![]() Even before the three men enter the exclusively female society, they are identified by their varied, yet masculine, traits. The focus of Herland is split between the main characters, Van, Jeff and Terry, and the society they are exploring. The three performances of masculinity described and explained in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland remain relevant today, and illuminate an idealistic approach to binary coexistance. The text, and century since its writing, show that time has not distorted expected performances of manliness. The setting is fantastical and imagined, but the portrayal of males is still relevant. The main themes are not dependent on fleeting technologies. Herland Explorer “Manly” And Making Progressĭespite the fact that Herland was invented and described nearly a century ago, the ideas are not yet obsolete. ![]()
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