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Title: | Dismantling Conventional Gender and Sexuality: Lesbianism inWritten on the Bodyby Jeanette Winterson |
Authors: | Chand, Rekha |
Keywords: | Lesbianism;Gender;Sexuality |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | Central Department of English |
Abstract: | Thisresearchentitled “Dismantling Conventional Gender and Sexuality: Lesbianism inWritten on the Bodyby Jeanette Winterson”problematizes and redefinesthe concept of gender and sexualitycreated by hetero-patriarchal discourse of western metaphysicsthereby blurring the strict boundary between male and female based on binary oppositionsthat createdichotomy and hierarchy betweenthemand openingup theother alternativesas lesbian, transsexual and bi-sexual relationships rejected and dejected by the western thought.Deconstructing and destabilizing gender and sexuality,Written on the Bodydramatizes a lesbian love story betweenthe genderless, nameless and ageless narrator and Louise. It subverts and deconstructs the male-supporting patriarchal and heterosexual discourse thereby reconstructing the stereotypical feminine attributes.Thus, in this research, the traditional adherence to heterosexuality is revisited in post-feminist advocacy of genderlessnarratorin order to challenge and subvert the binary opposition between male and female thereby critiquing and deconstructing the traditional notion of gender and sexuality. |
URI: | http://elibrary.tucl.edu.np/handle/123456789/3157 |
Appears in Collections: | English |
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