The Rise of a New Lilith: The Posthuman Monstrous Mother of Demonsin Octavia E. Butler’s Xenogenesis (Lilith’s Brood)

Oftentimes, women writers turn to science fiction—and other forms of speculative fiction—as a means to retrieve and reclaim old female figures from patriarchal foundational myths and reproduce them in a different fashion. That is to say, they choose to question old sexist and stereotypical female im...

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Autor: Berganzo Besga, Naiara
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Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
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Palavra-chave:posthumanism
ecofeminism
female gothic
afrofuturism
myth-criticism
motherhood
posthumanismo
ecofeminismo
gótico femenino
afrofuturismo
mitocrítica
maternidad
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spelling The Rise of a New Lilith: The Posthuman Monstrous Mother of Demonsin Octavia E. Butler’s Xenogenesis (Lilith’s Brood)Berganzo Besga, Naiaraposthumanismecofeminismfemale gothicafrofuturismmyth-criticismmotherhoodposthumanismoecofeminismogótico femeninoafrofuturismomitocríticamaternidadOftentimes, women writers turn to science fiction—and other forms of speculative fiction—as a means to retrieve and reclaim old female figures from patriarchal foundational myths and reproduce them in a different fashion. That is to say, they choose to question old sexist and stereotypical female images by introducing a more human and feministapproach to the characters, far from the already familiar and stale gender roles.This is exactly what Butler provides with her trilogy. Xenogenesis, also known as Lilith’s Brood, is an Afrofuturistic and postapocalyptic science fiction trilogy that was written by Octavia E. Butler in the late 1980s. As we will attempt to demonstrate, in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust, focusing on the continuity of the human race, by means of the creation of a new Human-Oankali hybrid species mothered by the Afro-American protagonist Lilith Iyapo, Xenogenesis partakes in the posthuman retelling and challenging of the patriarchal birth myth of the Genesis. In order to do that, drawing from Gothic, ecofeminist, and posthuman theories, we will be exploring how a monstrous posthuman ecofeminist agent can be created.A menudo, las mujeres escritoras recurren a la ciencia ficción —y otras formas de lo fantástico—como medio para recuperar y reivindicar antiguas figuras femeninas de los mitos fundacionales patriarcales y reproducirlas de una manera diferente. Es decir, optan por cuestionar las antiguas imágenes sexistas y estereotipadas de la mujer introduciendo un enfoque más humano y feminista en los personajes, lejos de los ya conocidos y trillados roles de género. Esto es precisamente lo que Butler ofrece con su trilogía. Xenogenesis, también conocida como Lilith’s Brood, es una trilogía de ciencia ficción afrofuturista y postapocalíptica escrita por Octavia E. Butler a finales de la década de 1980. Como intentaremos demostrar, tras un holocausto nuclear, centrándose en la continuidad de la raza humana, mediante la creación de una nueva especie híbrida humano-oankali engendrada por la protagonista afroamericana Lilith Iyapo, Xenogenesis participa en la reinterpretación posthumana y el cuestionamiento del mito de nacimiento patriarcal del Génesis. Para ello, basándonos en las teorías góticas, ecofeministas y posthumanas, exploraremos cómo se puede crear un agente ecofeminista posthumano monstruoso.Editorial Universidad de Sevilla2025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/185303http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/REN.2025.i29.7reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésRevista de estudios norteamericanos, 29, 27-53. https://revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/ESTUDIOS_NORTEAMERICANOS/article/view/28469/25553info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:idus________::e16a8de88ea05b02ed716276aa96ae522026-06-17T12:51:07Z
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title The Rise of a New Lilith: The Posthuman Monstrous Mother of Demonsin Octavia E. Butler’s Xenogenesis (Lilith’s Brood)
spellingShingle The Rise of a New Lilith: The Posthuman Monstrous Mother of Demonsin Octavia E. Butler’s Xenogenesis (Lilith’s Brood)
Berganzo Besga, Naiara
posthumanism
ecofeminism
female gothic
afrofuturism
myth-criticism
motherhood
posthumanismo
ecofeminismo
gótico femenino
afrofuturismo
mitocrítica
maternidad
title_short The Rise of a New Lilith: The Posthuman Monstrous Mother of Demonsin Octavia E. Butler’s Xenogenesis (Lilith’s Brood)
title_full The Rise of a New Lilith: The Posthuman Monstrous Mother of Demonsin Octavia E. Butler’s Xenogenesis (Lilith’s Brood)
title_fullStr The Rise of a New Lilith: The Posthuman Monstrous Mother of Demonsin Octavia E. Butler’s Xenogenesis (Lilith’s Brood)
title_full_unstemmed The Rise of a New Lilith: The Posthuman Monstrous Mother of Demonsin Octavia E. Butler’s Xenogenesis (Lilith’s Brood)
title_sort The Rise of a New Lilith: The Posthuman Monstrous Mother of Demonsin Octavia E. Butler’s Xenogenesis (Lilith’s Brood)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Berganzo Besga, Naiara
author Berganzo Besga, Naiara
author_facet Berganzo Besga, Naiara
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv posthumanism
ecofeminism
female gothic
afrofuturism
myth-criticism
motherhood
posthumanismo
ecofeminismo
gótico femenino
afrofuturismo
mitocrítica
maternidad
topic posthumanism
ecofeminism
female gothic
afrofuturism
myth-criticism
motherhood
posthumanismo
ecofeminismo
gótico femenino
afrofuturismo
mitocrítica
maternidad
description Oftentimes, women writers turn to science fiction—and other forms of speculative fiction—as a means to retrieve and reclaim old female figures from patriarchal foundational myths and reproduce them in a different fashion. That is to say, they choose to question old sexist and stereotypical female images by introducing a more human and feministapproach to the characters, far from the already familiar and stale gender roles.This is exactly what Butler provides with her trilogy. Xenogenesis, also known as Lilith’s Brood, is an Afrofuturistic and postapocalyptic science fiction trilogy that was written by Octavia E. Butler in the late 1980s. As we will attempt to demonstrate, in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust, focusing on the continuity of the human race, by means of the creation of a new Human-Oankali hybrid species mothered by the Afro-American protagonist Lilith Iyapo, Xenogenesis partakes in the posthuman retelling and challenging of the patriarchal birth myth of the Genesis. In order to do that, drawing from Gothic, ecofeminist, and posthuman theories, we will be exploring how a monstrous posthuman ecofeminist agent can be created.
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