"You turn m/e inside out": Body models undone in The Lesbian Body.

IF 1.1 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Madeleine Collier
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Anatomical body models possess a seemingly contradictory set of attributes. They can be concrete and pedagogical at the same time that they are gruesome and fantastical; they claim objectivity while rhetorically embracing specific theories of human value. Nowhere is this more evident than in Monique Wittig's 1973 novel The Lesbian Body. Reading the novel alongside Wittig's materialist feminist theory, this article highlights how Wittig's conviction in the political and material agency of cultural signs comes forward most dramatically in her treatment of anatomical representations. In particular, it looks to Wittig's canny manipulation of the unique properties of instrumental and technical images, a class of signs which simultaneously invites and disavows libidinal engagement. The novel provocatively engages the question of whether the visual strategies of hegemonic discourse can ever be successfully deployed against or outside their disciplines. Accordingly, this article argues, The Lesbian Body is a crucial text for contemporary feminist scholars of the visual culture of science, medicine, and pornography.

"你把男性/女性从里到外翻了个底朝天":女同性恋的身体》中的身体模型。
人体解剖模型拥有一组看似矛盾的属性。它们可以是具体的、有教育意义的,同时也可以是可怕的、幻想的;他们声称客观性,同时在修辞上拥抱人类价值的具体理论。这一点在莫尼克·维蒂希1973年的小说《女同性恋的身体》中表现得最为明显。与维蒂格的唯物主义女权主义理论一起阅读这本小说,本文强调了维蒂格对文化符号的政治和物质代理的信念是如何在她对解剖表征的处理中最戏剧性地表现出来的。特别地,它看到了维蒂希对工具和技术图像的独特属性的精明操纵,这是一类同时邀请和拒绝力比多参与的符号。这部小说挑衅性地探讨了一个问题,即霸权话语的视觉策略是否能够成功地部署在其学科之外。因此,本文认为,《女同性恋的身体》是当代研究科学、医学和色情视觉文化的女性主义学者的重要文本。
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Journal of Lesbian Studies
Journal of Lesbian Studies SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-
CiteScore
2.20
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9.10%
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27
期刊介绍: The Journal of Lesbian Studies examines the cultural, historical, and interpersonal impact of the lesbian experience on society, keeping all readers—professional, academic, or general—informed and up to date on current findings, resources, and community concerns. Independent scholars, professors, students, and lay people will find this interdisciplinary journal essential on the topic of lesbian studies!
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