Mainly applying gender studies to the analysis of Carson McCullers’s The Ballad of the Sad Cafe,with the body as the focus,this paper explores how the masculine Amelia is feminized for the purpose of resolving mascul...Mainly applying gender studies to the analysis of Carson McCullers’s The Ballad of the Sad Cafe,with the body as the focus,this paper explores how the masculine Amelia is feminized for the purpose of resolving masculinity crisis embodied by Marvin Macy and Cousin Lymon,concluding that the culturally constructed normative sex and gender dichotomy operates by disciplining otherness,causing gender identification trouble and disempowerment.展开更多
Mainly applying Michel Foucault’s idea about spacial discipline plus gender studies,in particular,of the correlation between gender and space as well as the power hierarchy in the distribution of space,this paper ana...Mainly applying Michel Foucault’s idea about spacial discipline plus gender studies,in particular,of the correlation between gender and space as well as the power hierarchy in the distribution of space,this paper analyzes the female protagonist Miss Amelia in Carson McCullers’s The Ballad of the Sad Café.This paper argues that Amelia utilizes space as a means of self-empowerment,challenging the conventional gender dichotomy sanctioned by patriarchal norms.However,her spacial transgression is seen as a deconstruction of gender conventionality and causes masculine crisis as embodied by the male characters Marvin Macy and Cousin Lymon.As spacial discipline is collaboratively exerted by Macy and Lymon on Amelia to“correct”her transgression,Amelia finally concedes defeat and submits to patriarchal gender norms.展开更多
It was Sir Christopher Lee who said“To be a legend,you’ve either got to be dead or extremely old”.Since I am still breathing and upright,it must make me excessively old!It’s odd as to how we regard and even define...It was Sir Christopher Lee who said“To be a legend,you’ve either got to be dead or extremely old”.Since I am still breathing and upright,it must make me excessively old!It’s odd as to how we regard and even define the concept of a legend.I look at sports and entertainment and the names of individuals who we thought would live on in perpetuity,yet they have become less,or insignificant,with the passage of time.Ask a youngster today who Jackie Robinson or Jimmy Cagney,Johnny Carson or Burt Bacharach were,and the majority are clueless.In medicine,and in particular in our specialty.展开更多
摘要Mainly applying gender studies to the analysis of Carson McCullers’s The Ballad of the Sad Cafe,with the body as the focus,this paper explores how the masculine Amelia is feminized for the purpose of resolving masculinity crisis embodied by Marvin Macy and Cousin Lymon,concluding that the culturally constructed normative sex and gender dichotomy operates by disciplining otherness,causing gender identification trouble and disempowerment.
摘要Mainly applying Michel Foucault’s idea about spacial discipline plus gender studies,in particular,of the correlation between gender and space as well as the power hierarchy in the distribution of space,this paper analyzes the female protagonist Miss Amelia in Carson McCullers’s The Ballad of the Sad Café.This paper argues that Amelia utilizes space as a means of self-empowerment,challenging the conventional gender dichotomy sanctioned by patriarchal norms.However,her spacial transgression is seen as a deconstruction of gender conventionality and causes masculine crisis as embodied by the male characters Marvin Macy and Cousin Lymon.As spacial discipline is collaboratively exerted by Macy and Lymon on Amelia to“correct”her transgression,Amelia finally concedes defeat and submits to patriarchal gender norms.
摘要It was Sir Christopher Lee who said“To be a legend,you’ve either got to be dead or extremely old”.Since I am still breathing and upright,it must make me excessively old!It’s odd as to how we regard and even define the concept of a legend.I look at sports and entertainment and the names of individuals who we thought would live on in perpetuity,yet they have become less,or insignificant,with the passage of time.Ask a youngster today who Jackie Robinson or Jimmy Cagney,Johnny Carson or Burt Bacharach were,and the majority are clueless.In medicine,and in particular in our specialty.