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The body beautiful and the abject: a look into the manifold mirror of age

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dc.contributorCorbalan, Ana
dc.contributorJaniga-Perkins, Constance
dc.contributorWittman, Emily
dc.contributor.advisorSchnepf, Michael
dc.contributor.advisorEdmunds, Bruce T.
dc.contributor.authorMyers, Kathryn Kori
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T17:39:26Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T17:39:26Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractThis project studies four novels by Rosa Montero, Te trataré como a una reina (1983), Bella y oscura (1993), La hija del caníbal (1997), and Instrucciones para salvar el mundo (2008), as well as four novels by Agnès Desarthe, Cinq photos de ma femme, (1998), Les bonnes intentions (2000), Mangez-moi (2006), and Dans la nuit brune (2010). This dissertation examines the representations of aging in these novels through the lens of Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of heteroglossia and Julia Kristeva’s theory of the abject. I consider the effects of cultural constructs of age and aging on: how the elderly characters are depicted; how the characters describe their own aging and that of others; the interpretation of reflections in literal and figurative mirrors; the obsession with youth in Western cultures; and the sexual identity of female characters. I will take an in-depth look at how identity, self-perception, and sexuality are linked to the aging body.en_US
dc.format.extent157 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0002197
dc.identifier.otherMyers_alatus_0004D_12587
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/2561
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectRomance literature
dc.titleThe body beautiful and the abject: a look into the manifold mirror of ageen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Modern Languages and Classics
etdms.degree.disciplineRomance Languages
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.

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