Bodies and Space in an Alternative Myth of Origin

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https://doi.org/10.1590/%25x

Abstract

The present article explores Doris Lessing’s novel The Cleft (2007) by means of conceptualizations of space and the body that highlight their instability and ever-changing qualities, resulting from their socially constructed nature. The Cleft revisits the myth of origin of humankind through the interpretation of ancient manuscripts that a Roman Senator carries out. In this alternative inauguration of humankind, the reproduction of the first people (women) is asexual. I explore here how women’s and men’s bodies are constructed through time, which spatial imaginations and organizations determine the construction of these bodies, and the effect of recreating a myth in which humanity’s origin is female.

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Author Biography

Nadia Der-Ohannesian, CONICET Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Doctora en Ciencias del Lenguaje con mención en Literaturas y Culturas Comparadas y profesora de lengua inglesa en el Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades y en el Centro de investigaciones de la Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, CONICET, Argentina.

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Published

2018-11-28

How to Cite

Der-Ohannesian, N. (2018). Bodies and Space in an Alternative Myth of Origin. Revista Estudos Feministas, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.1590/%x

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Vol. 26 No. 3 (2018)

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