Abstract
Baret Yacoubian’s novel Avalo conveys Aphrodite’s birthplace, the island of Cyprus, as a pornotopia. However, pornotopia, as critic Linda Williams has argued, can be viewed as other utopias in that it endeavours to solve problems. This chapter argues that the novel’s disturbing representation of women in the form of a pornotopia in fact acts as a site of transformative possibility where non-normativity can come to flourish – in lieu of prejudiced, heteronormative, national social connections – for a more sympathetic sense of belonging.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Transgressive Womanhood |
Subtitle of host publication | Investigating Vamps, Witches, Whores, Serial Killers and Monsters |
Editors | Manon Hedenborg-White, Bridget Sandhoff |
Place of Publication | Oxford |
Publisher | Inter-Disciplinary Press |
Pages | 223-229 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-84888-283-6 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |