Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://elibrary.tucl.edu.np/handle/123456789/3157
Full metadata record
DC Field | Value | Language |
---|---|---|
dc.contributor.author | Chand, Rekha | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-04T05:56:42Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-23T04:27:27Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-04T05:56:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-07-23T04:27:27Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://elibrary.tucl.edu.np/handle/123456789/3157 | - |
dc.description.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. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Central Department of English | en_US |
dc.subject | Lesbianism | en_US |
dc.subject | Gender | en_US |
dc.subject | Sexuality | en_US |
dc.title | Dismantling Conventional Gender and Sexuality: Lesbianism inWritten on the Bodyby Jeanette Winterson | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | English |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
thesis.pdf | 159.94 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.