Aphrodite's Land, a Pornotopia: Women and the Island Nation in Baret Yacoubian's "Avalo."

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    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 languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationTransgressive Womanhood
    Subtitle of host publicationInvestigating Vamps, Witches, Whores, Serial Killers and Monsters
    EditorsManon Hedenborg-White, Bridget Sandhoff
    Place of PublicationOxford
    PublisherInter-Disciplinary Press
    Pages223-229
    Number of pages7
    ISBN (Electronic)978-1-84888-283-6
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

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