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- Title
Dis-Oriented Desires and Angela Carter's Intersectionality: Nationalism, Masochism, and the Search for "the Other's Otherness".
- Authors
Uematsu, Nozomi; Barai, Aneesh
- Abstract
This article examines Carter's portrayal of the intersections of race, gender, and nationalism through imagery drawn from the nationalist tales Momotaro (Peach Boy) and through figuration of the lion and the unicorn in her writing during and after staying in Japan. Analyzing Miss Z and Fireworks , we argue that Carter's depictions of fantastical creatures reveal a proto-intersectional awareness of complex power interconnections between race and gender, specifically in relation to ideas of whiteness and masochism. Like her contemporary Taeko Kono, Carter critiques men's masochism and theorizes a type of feminine masochism. Carter grows in awareness of both racial politics (whiteness) and masochism in Japanese culture and attempts to grasp the "essence of the other's otherness" therein. In doing so, she conceptualizes intersectional power relations of gender and race.
- Subjects
CARTER, Angela, 1940-1992; INTERSECTIONALITY; RACE in literature; GENDER in literature; NATIONALISM in literature; MASOCHISM; JAPAN in literature
- Publication
Contemporary Women's Writing, 2022, Vol 16, Issue 2, p171
- ISSN
1754-1476
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cww/vpac024