Enduring Fictions of Possession
Sexual Infidelity and Homicidal Rage in Shakespeare and Late Modernity (Glossing Othello )
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14970933 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adrian Howe (0000-0002-4734-3938, Griffith University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 772-796 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Griffith Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1038-3441 • E-ISSN: 1839-4205 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10383441.2012.10854762 |
| OpenAlex | W1969763808 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
A failed reform bid to exclude 'infidelity' as a trigger for loss of control in the new loss of control defence introduced in England and Wales in 2009 occasions this return to an enduring puzzle: why should men who kill 'unfaithful' women continue to receive law's compassion? The recent case of R v Clinton, Parker and Evans places this issue firmly back on the agenda. Informed by the latest wave of law scholarship that is exploring Shakespeare's insights into a host of socio-legal questions, this article explores critical readings of Othello, that brilliant dissection of infidelity-inspired femicide that goes so far as to query the notion that a wife's sexual infidelity warrants violent retaliation. The article highlights a strain of Shakespearean scholarship that reads Othello as a prescient examination of the operation of commodity fetishism. This reading, it is suggested, provides new insights into the purchase of fictions of possession still being retailed in cases of 'infidelity' homicide today
Compassion · Criminology · Domestic violence · Femicide · Gun control · Jealousy · Poison control · Political science · Possession (linguistics · Psychoanalysis · Scholarship · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Wife · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Magical Properties
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2014 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |