{"title":"Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass Series: A Postfeminist Fantasy of Emancipation","authors":"H. Brown","doi":"10.1353/chl.2022.0013","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article examines the portrayal of female characters overcoming victimization in Sarah J. Maas's bestselling high fantasy Throne of Glass (2012-18) septet. It argues that the series highlights problematic aspects of a poststructuralist-based postfeminism and ultimately reinstates the \"victim-blaming\" narratives it strives to subvert.","PeriodicalId":40504,"journal":{"name":"Childrens Literature","volume":"50 1","pages":"248 - 268"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2022-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Childrens Literature","FirstCategoryId":"1092","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/chl.2022.0013","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:This article examines the portrayal of female characters overcoming victimization in Sarah J. Maas's bestselling high fantasy Throne of Glass (2012-18) septet. It argues that the series highlights problematic aspects of a poststructuralist-based postfeminism and ultimately reinstates the "victim-blaming" narratives it strives to subvert.