The Handmaid's Tale (BBC Radio 4, 2000, 2)

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The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1985. The novel explores themes of women in subjugation, and the various means by which they gain agency, against a backdrop of the establishment of a totalitarian theocratic state. Sumptuary laws (dress codes) play a key role in imposing social control within the new society.

The novel is often studied by high school and college students. The American Library Association lists it in "10 Most Challenged Books of 1999" and as number 37 on the "100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000" due to many complaints from parents of pupils regarding the novel's anti-religious content and sexual references.

(Photo from the BBC audio dramatization. Which is excellent, even in its pared-down state.)

Recently I blogged a nine-part review of The Handmaid's Tale; here's the TOC for the series:

1. The Handmaid's Tale, The Book (Margaret Atwood, 1985): Intro & Plot Summary

2. Misogyny & the Oppression of Women

3. Race, Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation: Gilead is a Society of Isms

4. The Patriarchy Hurts Men, Too (or, "But What About Teh Menz!!!1!?")

5. A Theocracy is Harmful to Believers and Infidels Alike

6. Hypocrites, Egotists & Apologists: Who's Sorry Now?

7. Dear Dystopian Deniers

8. The Handmaid's Tale, The Film (Volker Schlöndorff, 1990)

9. The Handmaid's Tale, The Dramatization (BBC Radio 4, 2000)

Thanks for sharing. Women deserve awe (reverence+fear+wonder)

The face of the lady is so endearing...
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