Extrait
Contents
1. Introduction
2. The Body in Michel Faber’s Under the Skin
2.1 The Human Body as Lost Identity
2.1.1 Isserley’s ‘Human’ Body
2.1.2 Isserley’s Beauty Standards
2.1.3 Further Difficulties: Class and Gender
2.2 Animating the Familiar Non-Human Body
2.2.1 The Non-Human Animal
2.2.2 The Inanimate
2.3 The Vodsel-Body as Source of Conflict
2.3.1 Isserley’s Appeal and Outer Appearance
2.3.2 The Denying of Similarities
2.3.3 Who’s the Bait? – The Question of the Woman and the Animal
2.4 The Linguistic Development in the Construction of an Identity
2.4.1 Keeping Distance Through Linguistic Animalisation
2.4.2 Pulling the Linguistic Trigger: The Rape Attempt
and Murky Divisions
2.4.3 The Process of “Becoming”
2.5 The Final, Disembodied Identity
3. Conclusion
Works Cited
- Citation du texte
- Christina Haupt (Auteur), 2018, The body and the construction of an identity in Michel Faber’s "Under the Skin", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/462566
Textes similaires
Devenir un auteur
Commentaires