Naslov
Revealing the Oppression through the Body in Alexandra Marinina's Confluence of Circumstances

Autori
Pandžić, Maja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Body and Awareness. „The Discourse between Anthropology, Literature and Arts

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 25-27.05.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
body ; performativity ; gender identity ; Alexandra Marinina ; Confluence of Circumstances ; Anstasia Kamenskaya
(body ; performativity ; gender identity ; Alexandra Marinina ; Confluence of Circumstances ; Anstasia Kamenskay)

Sažetak
This presentation is based on the analysis of the body as space for rethinking female identity in Russian contemporary detective fiction. I intend to apply feminist and non-feminist theories of the body to the novel by Alexandra Marinina titled Confluence of Circumstances (Стечение обстоятельств). I will attempt to prove that she, although initially refusing to proclaim herself a feminist due to the long history of Soviet propaganda which labeled feminism as a western capital product and therefore negative, nonetheless shows affinity towards subverting essentialism and culturally constructed stereotypes about women. The body, if we are to look at it as generally, similar to physical and abstract space, provides the author with an opportunity to uncover female subordination.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Književnost, Rodni studiji

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