Ženska telesnost in koncept sluzi pri Shakespearu: uprizarjanje antropocena
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3986/pkn.v47.i1.11Ključne besede:
angleška dramatika, Shakespeare, William, ženske, mizoginija, telesna odvratnost, vaginofobija, sluz, ekokritištvoPovzetek
Prepletenost okolja, mizoginije in sluzi v Shakespearjevem delu in času tako rekoč napove antropocen. Razumeti to uprizarjanje pomeni najprej razumeti osnovne teorije o sluzi. Med redkimi teorijami o tem so trditve, da gre za snov, ki sega čez meje, se izmika sestavni čistosti, zbuja strah in gnus; to je snov, ki navdaja z grozo razkroja, čeprav ima obenem temeljno vlogo pri nastanku in kontinuiteti življenja. Osrednje spoznanje nove materialistične teorije temelji na delovanju ne-človeškega, pri čemer deluje sluz na načine, ki povzročajo različne vrste strahu. Zanimiva spoznanja Jean-Paula Sartra postanejo še bolj dragocena v trenutku, ko to sluz teoretizira, ji pri tem določi spol in jo prepoji z lastnimi strahovi in svojo različico mizoginije. Da bi doumeli, kako bistvena je sluz za oblikovanje teorij o mizoginiji in ekofobiji, moramo takšno uprizarjanje videti kot seksistično, namesto da bi bili Sartrovi apologeti. Najprimernejša vstopna točka za te teme pri obravnavi zgodnjega novega veka je uprizarjanje vaginofobije.
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