Dystopia (OCR A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Atwood's father's profession
Atwood's father's profession
Entomologist (scientist who studies insects)
Atwood's academic focus at Harvard
Atwood's academic focus at Harvard
Puritanism
Year & place Atwood wrote The Handmaid's Tale
Year & place Atwood wrote The Handmaid's Tale
1984 in West Berlin, Germany
Cold War period dates
Cold War period dates
1947 to 1991
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) meaning
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) meaning
Nuclear war would annihilate all countries involved
Rachel Carson's 1962 book
Rachel Carson's 1962 book
Silent Spring
First wave feminism's main focus
First wave feminism's main focus
Women's right to vote (suffrage)
Intersectionality definition
Intersectionality definition
Different forms of oppression & privilege overlap & interact
Year Moral Majority was founded
Year Moral Majority was founded
1979
Year first HIV/AIDS cases reported in US
Year first HIV/AIDS cases reported in US
1980