Female Body Discourse in Tipping the Velvet  

作　　者：林琳 LIN LIN(Shanghai Maritime University,Shanghai 201306,China)

机构地区：[1]Shanghai Maritime University

出　　处：《海外英语》2019年第16期217-219,共3页Overseas English

摘　　要：Being known as the lesbian-themed novel,Tipping the Velvet has always been analyzed with queer theory and Judith But?ler’s sexual performance.Female body discourse is a new perspective to analyze it with the combination of the text analysis and feminine writing put forward by Helene Cixous.Narrating the female body in a novel is a way to deconstruct the patriarchal society and to awaken women to fight against it.It is still of significance in 21st society where gender inequality and discrimination exist everywhere.Being known as the lesbian-themed novel, Tipping the Velvet has always been analyzed with queer theory and Judith But-ler’s sexual performance. Female body discourse is a new perspective to analyze it with the combination of the text analysis andfeminine writing put forward by Helene Cixous. Narrating the female body in a novel is a way to deconstruct the patriarchal societyand to awaken women to fight against it. It is still of significance in 21 stsociety where gender inequality and discrimination existeverywhere.

关 键 词：FEMALE BODY BODY DISCOURSE TIPPING the VELVET 

分 类 号：I106[文学—世界文学]