VL-IV role reversal in Vineland in a general sort of way

[rich]

one of the themes in sci-fi fantasy writers like Joanna Russ--the
all-female planet?

I do love the garden of eden/genesis perspective of the sisters in VL

rich

On 2/6/09, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
>>
>   The only formal matriarchy is the Kunoichi sisterhood which feels
> like a stand in for the feminist movement.; the Traverses seem to
> have matriarchal and patriachal elements but seem to be moving toward
> the women( kinda Celtic to my sense, where it has always been harder
> to define).