Are there any examples of feminist works in the Sword and Sorcery genre?
A careful study of the Sword & Sorcery genre places its inception in 1961 with Leiber's response to Moorcock. The ensuing years (1965-1981) brought forth a meager handful of books in the genre, which ultimately led to Conan the Barbarian (1982) and the less-than-woman-friendly DeathStalker (1983), as well as the more derivative and somehow less-female-friendly DeathStalker II (1987).
The influences of these early forays of the genre into screenplay are easily witnessed in later live-action and animated shows as The Beastmaster, The Sword and the Sorceror, and, yes, even Korgoth of Barbaria.
My question is - was there ever any branch of this genre that forayed into modern feminism?
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A careful study of the Sword & Sorcery genre places its inception in 1961 with Leiber's response to Moorcock. The ensuing years (1965-1981) brought forth a meager handful of books in the genre, which ultimately led to Conan the Barbarian (1982) and the less-than-woman-friendly DeathStalker (1983), as well as the more derivative and somehow less-female-friendly DeathStalker II (1987).
The influences of these early forays of the genre into screenplay are easily witnessed in later live-action and animated shows as The Beastmaster, The Sword and the Sorceror, and, yes, even Korgoth of Barbaria.
My question is - was there ever any branch of this genre that forayed into modern feminism?
sword-and-sorcery feminism
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What about all the titles listed on the Wikipedia page that you linked to (your first link) under the section "Women creators and characters"?
– Arcanist Lupus
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I've taken the liberty of editing your question's title, which was phrased in a way that would have attracted very opinion-based answers and discussion. I think your question could be further improved (and be made less vulnerable to close-votes) if you included a few examples of what objective features would qualify a work as "[foraying] into modern feminism."
– ApproachingDarknessFish
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A careful study of the Sword & Sorcery genre places its inception in 1961 with Leiber's response to Moorcock. The ensuing years (1965-1981) brought forth a meager handful of books in the genre, which ultimately led to Conan the Barbarian (1982) and the less-than-woman-friendly DeathStalker (1983), as well as the more derivative and somehow less-female-friendly DeathStalker II (1987).
The influences of these early forays of the genre into screenplay are easily witnessed in later live-action and animated shows as The Beastmaster, The Sword and the Sorceror, and, yes, even Korgoth of Barbaria.
My question is - was there ever any branch of this genre that forayed into modern feminism?
sword-and-sorcery feminism
edited 4 mins ago
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A careful study of the Sword & Sorcery genre places its inception in 1961 with Leiber's response to Moorcock. The ensuing years (1965-1981) brought forth a meager handful of books in the genre, which ultimately led to Conan the Barbarian (1982) and the less-than-woman-friendly DeathStalker (1983), as well as the more derivative and somehow less-female-friendly DeathStalker II (1987).
The influences of these early forays of the genre into screenplay are easily witnessed in later live-action and animated shows as The Beastmaster, The Sword and the Sorceror, and, yes, even Korgoth of Barbaria.
My question is - was there ever any branch of this genre that forayed into modern feminism?
sword-and-sorcery feminism
sword-and-sorcery feminism
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ApproachingDarknessFish
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ApproachingDarknessFish
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ApproachingDarknessFish
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ApproachingDarknessFish
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What about all the titles listed on the Wikipedia page that you linked to (your first link) under the section "Women creators and characters"?
– Arcanist Lupus
1 min ago
I've taken the liberty of editing your question's title, which was phrased in a way that would have attracted very opinion-based answers and discussion. I think your question could be further improved (and be made less vulnerable to close-votes) if you included a few examples of what objective features would qualify a work as "[foraying] into modern feminism."
– ApproachingDarknessFish
56 secs ago
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What about all the titles listed on the Wikipedia page that you linked to (your first link) under the section "Women creators and characters"?
– Arcanist Lupus
1 min ago
I've taken the liberty of editing your question's title, which was phrased in a way that would have attracted very opinion-based answers and discussion. I think your question could be further improved (and be made less vulnerable to close-votes) if you included a few examples of what objective features would qualify a work as "[foraying] into modern feminism."
– ApproachingDarknessFish
56 secs ago
What about all the titles listed on the Wikipedia page that you linked to (your first link) under the section "Women creators and characters"?
– Arcanist Lupus
1 min ago
What about all the titles listed on the Wikipedia page that you linked to (your first link) under the section "Women creators and characters"?
– Arcanist Lupus
1 min ago
I've taken the liberty of editing your question's title, which was phrased in a way that would have attracted very opinion-based answers and discussion. I think your question could be further improved (and be made less vulnerable to close-votes) if you included a few examples of what objective features would qualify a work as "[foraying] into modern feminism."
– ApproachingDarknessFish
56 secs ago
I've taken the liberty of editing your question's title, which was phrased in a way that would have attracted very opinion-based answers and discussion. I think your question could be further improved (and be made less vulnerable to close-votes) if you included a few examples of what objective features would qualify a work as "[foraying] into modern feminism."
– ApproachingDarknessFish
56 secs ago
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What about all the titles listed on the Wikipedia page that you linked to (your first link) under the section "Women creators and characters"?
– Arcanist Lupus
1 min ago
I've taken the liberty of editing your question's title, which was phrased in a way that would have attracted very opinion-based answers and discussion. I think your question could be further improved (and be made less vulnerable to close-votes) if you included a few examples of what objective features would qualify a work as "[foraying] into modern feminism."
– ApproachingDarknessFish
56 secs ago