Patriarchal Representations

by Gunsberg, Maggie

• ISBN13: 9780854963409
• ISBN10: 0854963405
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-01-25
• Publisher: Berg Pub Ltd

Summary

This contemporary feminist reading of an important modern European writer and dramatist illustrates a variety of methods that could be applied to other authors' texts as well. Guuml;nsberg examines the representation of gender relations in Pirandello's writing and reassesses his status as an avant garde author, arguing that while he can certainly be described as avant garde on the level of dramatic form, he cannot be said to innovate at the more covert level of gender relations.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Weeping Madonnas: The Narrative Problem	p. 3
Introduction: Problematization of Female Sexuality	p. 3
Female Desire and (or) Motherhood	p. 12
Womanhood is Motherhood	p. 19
Asexuality and Motherhood	p. 26
The Father of the Text: The Narrative Solution	p. 34
Introduction: Subjectivity/Masculinity	p. 34
Author/izing the Female Object	p. 39
Monologos	p. 51
Camaraderie in Competition: Male Bonding and Male Rivalry	p. 64
Introduction: Conditions of Bonding/Rivalry	p. 64
Male Bonding and Male Rivalry	p. 66
Male Policing	p. 83
Danger, Women at Work	p. 100
Introduction: Inside vs Outside	p. 100
Female Characters at Work	p. 103
Leisured Female Characters	p. 120
Reconstructing the Family: The Power of Speech in Six Characters in Search of an Author	p. 137
Introduction: Family Matters	p. 137
Methodology	p. 151
Analysis	p. 154
Behind the Veil: Body Politics in Six Characters in Search of an Author	p. 164
Introduction: Body Politics	p. 164
The Dramatic Text	p. 166
Methodology	p. 170
Analysis	p. 174
Conclusion	p. 192
Appendix: 'Feminism': An Analysis	p. 195
Appendix: 'Feminism' by Pirandello	p. 204
Bibliography: Pirandello's plays	p. 208
Bibliography: English Translations	p. 209
Bibliography: Secondary Texts	p. 211
Index	p. 218
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