Gerd Brantenberg's "Egalia's Daughters"

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This paper discusses the novel the novel, "Egalia's Daughters", by Gerd Brantenberg and how the author creates a version of society known as Egalia in which gender roles are different than the norm, reflecting ideas of gender from more modern times. In this society men must wear clothing that is uncomfortable and restricting much the way women in our society have done for a long time. The men are also required to be housebound, meaning they stay home and take care of the home much the way women were long expected to do in Western society. The paper explains that the novel satirizes current gender differences by switching many of them, showing men as if they were viewed as women, and women as if they were viewed as men. The story is told using the experience of the child Petronius as the individual who is coming of age and learning about gender and society.

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