The body and female identity in Eithne Strong’s Flesh: The Greatest Sin
Bodily discourse, constantly appropriated as a symbol of Irish famine and hunger in the wake of British maladministration of the land and its people since the Great Famine, is prevalent in Irish culture. However, this bodily discourse is dominated by nationalistic and patriarchal narratives. An in...
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| description | Bodily discourse, constantly appropriated as a symbol of Irish famine and hunger in the wake of British
maladministration of the land and its people since the Great Famine, is prevalent in Irish culture. However, this
bodily discourse is dominated by nationalistic and patriarchal narratives. An increasing number of women in
contemporary Ireland look at themselves anew through their own bodies. Through the reading of Eithne
Strong’s poetry collection, Flesh: The Greatest Sin (1980), this paper discusses how the conflation of body and
sin is entangled in the Irish context, how the female writer manages to untangle the fine line fabricated between
the two categories and reaffirm her female identity simultaneously, and finally the significance of such an
attempt in the history of Irish literature. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:128622019-05-07T14:36:23Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12862/ The body and female identity in Eithne Strong’s Flesh: The Greatest Sin Chang, Hawk Bodily discourse, constantly appropriated as a symbol of Irish famine and hunger in the wake of British maladministration of the land and its people since the Great Famine, is prevalent in Irish culture. However, this bodily discourse is dominated by nationalistic and patriarchal narratives. An increasing number of women in contemporary Ireland look at themselves anew through their own bodies. Through the reading of Eithne Strong’s poetry collection, Flesh: The Greatest Sin (1980), this paper discusses how the conflation of body and sin is entangled in the Irish context, how the female writer manages to untangle the fine line fabricated between the two categories and reaffirm her female identity simultaneously, and finally the significance of such an attempt in the history of Irish literature. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12862/1/19285-65584-1-PB.pdf Chang, Hawk (2017) The body and female identity in Eithne Strong’s Flesh: The Greatest Sin. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 23 (4). pp. 157-169. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1059 |
| spellingShingle | Chang, Hawk The body and female identity in Eithne Strong’s Flesh: The Greatest Sin |
| title | The body and female identity in Eithne Strong’s Flesh: The Greatest Sin |
| title_full | The body and female identity in Eithne Strong’s Flesh: The Greatest Sin |
| title_fullStr | The body and female identity in Eithne Strong’s Flesh: The Greatest Sin |
| title_full_unstemmed | The body and female identity in Eithne Strong’s Flesh: The Greatest Sin |
| title_short | The body and female identity in Eithne Strong’s Flesh: The Greatest Sin |
| title_sort | body and female identity in eithne strong’s flesh: the greatest sin |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12862/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12862/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12862/1/19285-65584-1-PB.pdf |