Gendered Mattering
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4369864 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lauren Nelson (0000-0001-7117-6757, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 161 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 70-93 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Representations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-6018 • E-ISSN: 1533-855X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rep.2023.161.4.70 |
| OpenAlex | W4320556488 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This essay reads Guadeloupean novelist Simone Schwartz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Télumée miracle (The Bridge of Beyond), positioning the novel as a vital archive for decolonizing the so-called ontological turn. In addition to narrativizing the stakes of disavowing the human, the novel situates gendered embodiment at the heart of these concerns, asking whether a movement toward the nonanthropocentric subject is always a movement away from how gender matters, and, significantly, how gender matters alongside race
Aesthetics · Art · Bridge (graph theory · Miracle · Movement (music · Political science · Race (biology · Sociology · Subject (documents · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration, Identity, and Health
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |