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- Title
Women's Writing and Women's Culture: Meanings of Domesticity in Prose by Latvian Women Writers.
- Authors
KĀRKLA, ZITA
- Abstract
Housework that women do has no lasting eff ects, produces nothing tangible, gives no sense of closure and, for this reason, it is perceived as trivial, mindlessly repetitive, and invisible. However, examining texts by two Latvian women writers Regīna Ezera and Inga Ābele, it can be argued that not only the social context of a woman's situation is inscribed through her domesticity, but something important about female consciousness is also revealed. Employing various household items - a kett le boiling over, broken glass, an old washing machine, linen towels, etc. - writers mirror the internal emotions of their women characters through vignett es from everyday life. Seemingly insignificant female-driven domesticity serves as a sett ing where it is possible for women to unfold heavy memories and tell their stories, giving shape to relationships between women. And domesticity's ability to bring not just physical order, but also link matt er to spirit and tie connections with nature and the self is emphasized.
- Subjects
WOMEN'S writings; WOMEN -- Language; LITERATURE &; culture; LATVIAN authors; CONSCIOUSNESS
- Publication
Interlitteraria, 2015, Vol 20, Issue 1, p215
- ISSN
1406-0701
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12697/IL.2015.20.1.16