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POLITICS OF THE (TEXTUAL) BODY : EMBODIED ISSUES OF GENDER AND POWER IN AIDOO'S CHANGES: A LOVE STORY, FAQIR'S PILLARS OF SALT, AND WINTERSON'S WRITTEN ON THE BODY

dc.contributor.advisorGueye, Marameen_US
dc.contributor.authorJones, Jessica Lynnen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-15T15:29:53Z
dc.date.available2014-06-15T15:29:53Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the literary manifestation of patriarchal embodiment in several multicultural novels: Ama Ata Aidoo's Changes: A Love Story, Fadia Faqir's Pillars of Salt, and Jeanette Winterson's Written on the Body. Using theories of embodiment, gender, and power, I analyze how the female body is cast as a surface onto which gendered power structures can be inscribed, as well as the ways in which the body subverts cultural gender norms. The novels exemplify the relationship among literature, culture, and consciousness and offer visions of feminism outside of a Western paradigm. [Trigger Warning: This thesis features instances of sexual violence that may be triggering to some readers.]en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.format.extent66 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/4402
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectLiteratureen_US
dc.subjectRhetoricen_US
dc.subjectGender studiesen_US
dc.subjectBodiesen_US
dc.subjectConsciousnessen_US
dc.subjectCultureen_US
dc.subjectEmbodimenten_US
dc.subjectFeminismen_US
dc.subjectChanges (Aidoo)
dc.subjectPillars of salt
dc.subjectWritten on the body
dc.subject.lcshAidoo, Ama Ata, 1942- . Changes
dc.subject.lcshFaqir, Fadia, 1956- . Pillars of salt
dc.subject.lcshWinterson, Jeanette, 1959- . Written on the body
dc.subject.lcshPatriarchy in literature
dc.subject.lcshFeminism and literature
dc.subject.lcshMarginality, Social, in literature
dc.titlePOLITICS OF THE (TEXTUAL) BODY : EMBODIED ISSUES OF GENDER AND POWER IN AIDOO'S CHANGES: A LOVE STORY, FAQIR'S PILLARS OF SALT, AND WINTERSON'S WRITTEN ON THE BODYen_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US

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