The biopolitics of gender in feminist speculative fiction: The Power

Women' struggle for their rights and lives is one of the undeniable facts throughout history. This struggle has gained deep layers with literature, has become essential breath. In feminist literature, it is possible to come across writings that touch the struggles of every woman in society, and in today's world through adding speculative narrations, new narratives have occurred that are fictional but also makes one question the reality in speculative fiction. Rather than offering riveting plot, these narratives could be said that they reflect possible realms with multilayers. In this regard, Naomi Alderman's The Power narrates of a world in which women have acquired biological power and established a new state. Alderman does not merely draw attention to subjects that women are still suffering from but also reverses this continual tradition: from now on women oversee administration and men are controlled. The establishment of the new state features followed by women and it is noticeable that women have adopted a controlling and regulating policy in religion, politics, every field of life in ruling with the biological power they have newly gained in their bodies; and this reminds of the concepts of biopolitics and biopower that pioneered by Michel Foucault and developed by many thinkers. Ultimately, it provides an indispensable basis for examining the biopolitics of gender. Purpose of this thesis is to analyse biopolitics of gender in speculative feminist fiction with Naomi Alderman's The Power (2016). Keywords: biopolitics, gender, feminist speculative fiction, The Power, state, women