| Title: | Female Representations in Contemporary Romanian Prose Written by Women: The Edible Woman |
| Author: | Adelina Vasile |
| Publication: | Studia Universitatis Petru Maior. Philologia, 14, p. 216 |
| p-ISSN: | 1582-9960 |
| Publisher: | Universitatea Petru Maior |
| Place: | Târgu Mureș |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | This essay attempts to analyze one of the representations of femininity in contemporary novels written by Romanian women writers: the edible woman. Today's fiction is suffused with images of women picturing themselves as edible things destined for male consumption. In order to gain a sense of human connection with their partners, the female characters passively accept to be devoured by men without concern about the loss of their psycho-physical integrity. The female protagonists surrender completely to male domination, control and abuse, defining themselves as victim-type personalities. The image of the consumable woman is a valuable image in which gendered relationships and the mechanisms of power which operate in them can be studied. The paper also makes a comparison with female protagonists in a few contemporary novels written by foreign female writers. |
| Key words: | feminine identity, food imagery, symbolic cannibalism, power(lessness), loss of identity, patriarchy |
| Language: | English |
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