EN 2011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dionne Brand, Primo Levi, Physical Therapy
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July 16 beyond the sexual- - women"s search for. Freedom and meaning - verena stefan, dionne brand. Lecture notes, by h. donner (sorry incomplete some more paragraphs will be added tomorrow) but you may begin reading. We will look at literary works, in which the empowered masculine gaze on the female bod. Welcomed or u(cid:374)(cid:449)el(cid:272)o(cid:373)ed, is sho(cid:449) to (cid:271)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)ted to (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s a(cid:373)(cid:271)ivalence toward her fe(cid:373)ale (cid:271)od(cid:455), (cid:272)aptured i(cid:374) ja(cid:374)e ule(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t that (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) do (cid:374)ot lo(cid:448)e themselves enough. Two texts are used for evidence and critical comparison, vere(cid:374)a tefa(cid:374), (cid:862) hado(cid:449) ki(cid:374)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d. Both (cid:449)riters (cid:272)all ca(cid:374)ada (cid:862)o(cid:374)e(cid:863) of their ho(cid:373)es, a(cid:374)d i ha(cid:448)e had a chance to see and hear them in person. The texts take us deeper i(cid:374)to the a(cid:374)o(cid:374)(cid:455)(cid:373)a(cid:859)s dile(cid:373)(cid:373)a: her a(cid:449)are(cid:374)ess of the (cid:862)gaze(cid:863), the i(cid:373)age of herself as (cid:862)(cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863). Countless references show the two her unacceptable image in contrast to the (cid:862)purit(cid:455)(cid:863) of her as little girl.
