Motherlessness in SF

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Motherlessness is a common trope in stories, from fairy tales to modern works.

  • fairy tales galore: "Beauty and the Beast"
  • Nancy Drew & Veronica Mars
  • Gone With the Wind

Mothers as absent or irrelevant; real actors are the men, the fathers, even in father-daughter relationships.

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