INTRODUCTION

The hypertext I’m going to analyze is called Cutting Edges, it was written by Ruth Nestvold, an American hypertexter and writer.

In the story there are many characters, basically a group of old friends, some of which work in the editorial office of the monthly Cutting Edges. The hypertext in fact is based mostly on the feminine characters and on the feminine world; there are also masculine characters but they are always related to the women and the relationship that exist within them. The story tackles also the issue of the upbringing of the daughters in which both fathers and mothers have problem, thus we can see the conflict between two different generations, between parents and daughters.

Other topic, linked to the one of feminine somehow, is the fact that the characters belong to the generation of 60s. And just inspired at the spirit of 68 is Cutting Edges, the regional magazine in which they work, whose owner, editor and publisher is Lyssa, the most idealist of the clique.

The story shows us a war of the sexes and let us understand that the society in which we live today is still sexist. These topics are introduced in a very authentic but no grave way.

Academic year 2008/2009
© a.r.e.a./Dr.Vicente Forés López
© Valeria Prota
vapro@alumni.uv.es
Universitat de Valčncia Press