And right this minute, although the majority Last century, we interned Japanese American womenĭuring World War II. In the 1800's, we did this to African women and nativeĪmerican women. Logical to heinous, our own culture has repeatedly taken innocentįoreign women captive and held them or exploited them for our society'sīenefit. Moreover, the magical problem my goblins face is so unique Than a book that describes battlefield behavior is arguing in favor That scenario out for myself in this book.ĭoes this book argue in favor of abduction? Of course not, no more Or would she adopt a new one? Drawing on the voluminous Britishįolklore tradition of the abduction of human women, I tried to work Would the woman try to hold onto her own cultural identity, When I was a child, I wondered how that could possibly
Every country onĮarth has participated in the forcible integration of women intoĪ captor society at one time or another, a fact that must amazeĪnd horrify us.
Women and their integration into a new society. To me when I was a child, and one of the historical phenomena whichįascinated and terrified me was the abduction of foreign or captured I wrote this trilogy because my mother read a great deal of history He has no friendīesides his King, who pities him for being what he is, until Emily,Īn outsider raised without his culture's prejudices, comes Seylin, who looks like an elfĬhild, has been teased and ostracized by his peers. The goblins' prejudices have caused at least one member He obviously believes that he is part of a "superior" Marak, for his part, is highly educated, but he holds biased ideasĪbout the other races and relates these prejudices without guilt. Only when she returns to her society does she realize Which employs its own naming conventions, table manners, aesthetics,Īnd taboos. Member of the race that she has been raised to think of as "ideal,"Īnd she goes on to have trouble dealing with the goblin culture, She is very upset to learn that she herself is not a She also assumes thatīecause he is an outsider to her society, he will naturally be aīarbarian. Marak is ugly, his home must be ugly as well. Kate, for instance, seems broad minded, but she assumes that because Shock and socialization), and prejudice, both racial and cultural. The book touches on issues of race (including racial stereotypingĪnd ideas of beauty and worth), issues of culture (including culture The Hollow Kingdom is a fantasy novel that helps teensĮxplore in a nonthreatening way complex cultural-diversity questions. I am very sensitive about the importance of cultural diversity. Because I live in a foreign country and because my children areīeing educated in a culture to which they do not belong by birth,
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