Writing, Translating, and Dismembering: Fallon, Winterson, and Wittig's Representations of the Lesbian Body
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ysu12774131092021-08-03T06:17:54Z Writing, Translating, and Dismembering: Fallon, Winterson, and Wittig's Representations of the Lesbian Body Purich, Monica Lynn Gender Language Literature Womens Studies the female body lesbian desire Monique Wittig Jeanette Winterson Kathleen Mary Fallon Through an analysis of Jeanette Winterson's <i>Written on the Body</i>, Mary Fallon's <i>Working Hot</i>, and Monique Wittig's <i>The Lesbian Body</i>, we can gain an understanding of the connection between language and desire, and how it relates to sexuality, female desire, and lesbian representation. In these texts, bodies have been explored, critiqued, and dismembered by language. The deconstruction and reconstruction of lesbian bodies, the re-appropriation of social and cultural paradigms, and the re-working of language and narrative are tools that enable Fallon, Winterson, and Wittig to create a lesbian space that disrupts and subverts conventional ideologies. The writers use different literary strategies to construct lesbian desire, and if we consider how these strategies work together and complicate each other, the role that language plays in lesbian representation becomes clearer. 2010-07-02 English text Youngstown State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1277413109 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1277413109 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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Gender Language Literature Womens Studies the female body lesbian desire Monique Wittig Jeanette Winterson Kathleen Mary Fallon Purich, Monica Lynn Writing, Translating, and Dismembering: Fallon, Winterson, and Wittig's Representations of the Lesbian Body |
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