Angela Carter’s critique of phallocentrism in The bloody chamber and other stories
An analysis of three rewritten fairy-tales from Angela Carter’s The bloody chamber and other stories is provided. In ‘The Courtship of Mr Lyon’, ‘The Tiger’s bride’ and ‘Puss-in-Boots’ patriarchal structures are exposed and denounced as containing strategies to kerb female sensuality and freedom. Th...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) |
| Repository: | Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences (Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/4214 |
| Online Access: | http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHumanSocSci/article/view/4214 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Angela Carter contos de fada feminismo falocentrismo poder |
| Summary: | An analysis of three rewritten fairy-tales from Angela Carter’s The bloody chamber and other stories is provided. In ‘The Courtship of Mr Lyon’, ‘The Tiger’s bride’ and ‘Puss-in-Boots’ patriarchal structures are exposed and denounced as containing strategies to kerb female sensuality and freedom. The beast, a synonym of sensuality, is relativized and de-constructed through the reciprocal gaze and equal relationship. The fearless approach of the female towards it and her dominion over it empower her to a new world order without phallocentrism. |
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