"Elly"
| Year for Search |
1990
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| Secondary Title |
Issues in Reproductive and Genetic Engineering: Journal of International Feminist Analysis
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| Annotation |
Post-nuclear war genetic engineering dystopia in which few women are born, and heterosexuality has been declared obsolete and is discouraged (138). Intent is a completely rational society. The protagonist, Elly, is a LT (Last Error), so called because she was born with brown skin, and her reproductive organs had been removed. Her one friend, Bessie, was engineered for a low I.G., but no more like her were created because too many were cunning and “cunning was the antithesis of intelligence” (137). The goal is “Total-tech repro” (140). |
| Volume / Edition |
3.2
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| Pagination |
137-41
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| Published Date |
1990 |
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| Full Text |
1990 O’Brien, Mary (1926-1998). “Elly.” Issues in Reproductive and Genetic Engineering 3.2 (1990):137-41. Rpt. in Angels of Power and other reproductive creations. Ed. Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein (West Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Spinifex Press, 1991), 150-58. PSt Post-nuclear war genetic engineering dystopia in which few women are born, and heterosexuality has been declared obsolete and is discouraged (138). Intent is a completely rational society. The protagonist, Elly, is a LT (Last Error), so called because she was born with brown skin, and her reproductive organs had been removed. Her one friend, Bessie, was engineered for a low I.G., but no more like her were created because too many were cunning and “cunning was the antithesis of intelligence” (137). The goal is “Total-tech repro” (140). Canadian female author. |
| Additional Publishers |
Rpt. in Angels of Power and other reproductive creations. Ed. Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein (West Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Spinifex Press, 1991), 150-58. |
| Author Note |
Canadian female author (1926-1998) |
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