In:
International Journal of Francophone Studies, Intellect, Vol. 15, No. 2 ( 2012-12-10), p. 257-275
Abstract:
The female characters in Lorette Nobécourt’s works have to cope with a multitude of types of violence: physical and verbal violence, rapes, miscarriages and abortions. A wide range of maternal relationships within the canon of her work showcase the notion of a repetition
of ambivalent, violent relationships with maternity through a female genealogy, which is characterized by suffering stemming from miscarriages and abortions. Motherhood is in fact at the centre of Nobécourt’s traumatic representations, shown both as a celebration and a desecration of maternity and maternal violence. She undertakes a re-evaluation of the representations of both femininity and maternity. The aim of this article is to analyze how Nobécourt’s works enable the creation of a space for thought and of re-appropriation of the female body and of
the discourses surrounding it, redefining the subject ‘woman’.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1368-2679
,
1758-9142
DOI:
10.1386/ijfs.15.2.257_1
Language:
English
Publisher:
Intellect
Publication Date:
2012
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2101921-6
SSG:
7,30
