The Bloody Chamber critic Flashcards
1
Q
Palmer - the male gaze
A
“the male gaze controls not only the woman appearance, but also her identity and sense of self-worth.”
2
Q
A
“Utopian stories
3
Q
Dunker
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‘Carter envisages women’s sensuality simply as a response to male arousal’
4
Q
Dworkin - Carter is a
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‘pseudo-feminist’
Talk about how bad men are, rather than female liberation
5
Q
Roberts - Gothic
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“Carter flirts with the elements of Gothic in many of the tales
6
Q
Maniken - Saviours
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“it is women who become active and saviours, not the men”
7
Q
Zoonan - Watching
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“Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at
8
Q
Gamble - Reader response
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“Carters writing… has lost none of its capacity to shock, startle and delight”
9
Q
Bacchilega - tales of young girls & sex are
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“a masculine fantasy”
