Simple Bibliography

How does Parable of the Sower explore the competing models of community in a post-apocalyptic world, and how are these models shaped by dynamics of race, gender, and leadership?

1. “Crip Collectivity Beyond Neoliberalism in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower” by Jess Whatcott ( https://csalateral.org/section/cripistemologies-of-crisis/crip-collectivity-beyond-neoliberalism-octavia-butler-parable-of-the-sower-whatcott/ )

2. “Intersections of Race, Gender, and Community in Octavia Butler’s Earthseed Series” by Anna Hinton ( https://journals.macewan.ca/muse/article/download/2005/1308/3703 )

3. “Parable of a 21st Century Religion: Octavia Butler’s Vision in Parable of the Sower” ( https://www.jstor.org/stable/44511664 )

4. “We Need the Stars: Change, Community, and the Absent Father in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower” ( https://www.jstor.org/stable/27743152 )

5. “Migration and Capital of the Body: Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower” ( https://www.jstor.org/stable/44325296 )

Comment ( 1 )

  1. Jeff Allred
    Great start. Clausen helps here, as well. I think the key will be to locate the "conversation," the different ways these critics read "community" in OBs work.

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