Body Politics and the Writing of Desire

A Comparative Reading of “Boule de Suif” and “Lust, Caution”

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10.2991/978-2-38476-094-7_7How to use a DOI?

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body politics; Feminism; sustainable development; the Writing of Desire

Abstract

The study is based on Foucault’s concept of “body politics” proposed in “Discipline and Punish”. It conducts a close reading and comparative analysis of “The Ballad of the Sad Café” and “Lust, Caution”, examining the motives behind the behaviors of the protagonists from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds in the two works. Furthermore, the study explores how women’s ethical bodies resist in the context of war. It raises readers’ concerns about the issue of women’s ethical bodies in modern society.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zekai Xu
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/08/29
TI  - Body Politics and the Writing of Desire
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 45
EP  - 51
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-094-7_7
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-094-7_7
ID  - Xu2023
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