Sweetheart Of The Somg Tra Bong- Mary Anne Bell Flashcards
Quotes that associates MAB w gender norms and American image of a woman
“Cosmetic bag”- Makeup is typically associated w femininity showing stereotypes
Sexy pink sweater”- Sexy reduces one’s worth to their appearance and pink is also feminine
“Seventeen-year old doll + “kid - young=naive doll=docile and submissive incapable of doing anything but observing
Objectified by male audience who constantly makes comments on her body (terrific legs) and seculaized her when she played vball
MAB initial personality and circumstances
Came to visit bf Mike Fossie who’s fighting in Vietnam war
“Barely out of highschool”
“Bubbly personality [and] smile”
“The men genuinely liked her”
Quotes that show she was fascinated by the war and her new beginning
White culottes- white =new beginning
“Fascinated by it”
“The war intrigued her. The land too and the mystery”
What quotes shows she became obsessed w Vietnam (8)
“She couldn’t get enough of it”
“I feel close to myself when I’m out there at night”- night=darkness
“Cleveland heights […] seemed far away”
When he return was planned she fell into a “restless gloom”
“Wilderness seemed to draw her in”
“Caught in that no-man’s land between Cleveland heights and the deep jungle”
“Fell into the habits of the bush”
“Wanting [to be immersed] turned into needing which turned into craving”
What shows how her obsession made her fall astray
“Vietnam had the effect of a powerful drug”- drugs make people lose sight of themselves hence fall astray
“In touch with the far side of [herself]”- shows her corruption
“She sometimes [wanted] to eat this place” + “necklace of human tongues”- appalling imagery emphasizing she acted on her absurd urges showing she walked away from civility and adopted a primitive nature
How did MAB change
Cosmetic bag to “no cosmetics”- overcome gender stereotypes
“New confidence” New authority”- started naive and bubbly
“Her body seemed foreign now”
“Trouble recognizing her
“Her face was black w charcoal”- black = darkness shows how’s the darkness associated with her obsession turned her towards the dark side (she was wearing white culottes before purity)
No emotion, no sense of the person behind it- lost her humanity
How is fulfillment shown
“She feels closer to herself”
“[she] knows exactly who she is”
“Full of electricity”
