토니 모리슨의 『파라다이스』에 나타난 여성성의 윤리와 타자의 주이상스

• 영문명: Ethics of Femininity and the Other Jouissance in Toni Morrison s Paradise
• 발행기관: 한국아메리카학회
• 저자명: 전보미(Bomi Jeon)
• 간행물 정보: 『미국학논집』제53집 2호, 29~54쪽, 전체 26쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2021.09.30

영문 초록

This article analyzes Toni Morrison s Paradise through Lacanian psychoanalytic lens to examine how the marginalized experience of a female community introduces an alternative vision to the totalitarian law in Ruby, an isolated all-black town. Despite its initial attempt to recreate an African American Utopia, Ruby is marked by its ultimate failure to move beyond racism since its ideal of paradise is actually built on the exclusion of different skin colors and gender identities. Meanwhile, it is the novel s representation of a motley group of women living in a deserted convent that suggests a possible paradise regained. As the women search for their true femininity through affirming their bodily existence and singular way of enjoyment, they establish a unique culture that respects universal differences among individuals. I argue that their attempts to create an ethics of female desire are profoundly social and cannot be reduced to mere private morality as they offer a radical redefinition of “living together” against the masculine side that has often been associated with sexual differences of essentialism.

목차

1. 서론

2. 수녀원의 대학살: 정말로 그들은 마녀들이었을까?

3. 라캉의 성구분공식과 주이상스

4. 여성적 치유의 공동체와 타자의 주이상스

5. 결론

키워드

여성성 자크 라캉 욕망 차이의 윤리 타자의 주이상스 Feminine sexuality Jacques Lacan Desire Ethics of difference the other Jouissance