WOMEN’ S B ODIE S I N N E IL G AIM A N’ S T A R DU S T: A JU L IA K RIST E VA N AN ALYS IS
Abstract
This
re
se
a
r
c
h
discusse
s
a
bout
wome
n’
s
bodies
in
Ne
il
Ga
im
a
n’
Star
dust
.
W
omen’
s
bodies
in
Sta
rdust
a
re
c
onst
ruc
ted
a
s
se
c
ond
c
lass
.
I
t
is
int
e
re
sti
ng
to
a
na
l
y
z
e
the
nove
l
be
c
a
u
se
wome
n’
s
bodies
that
ha
ve
be
e
n
e
x
c
luded
in
pa
triar
c
ha
l
powe
r
someti
mes
unc
on
sc
iousl
y
a
r
e
a
ble
to
dis
turb
the
he
g
e
mon
y
of
pa
triar
c
h
y
.
The
re
fo
re
thi
s
re
se
a
rc
h
i
s
c
onduc
ted
unde
r
two
que
sti
ons,
fir
st
how
wom
e
n'
s
bodies
ha
ve
be
e
n
e
x
c
luded
a
nd
oppre
ssed
b
y
pa
tri
a
rc
h
a
l
powe
r,
a
nd
se
c
ond,
t
his
re
se
a
r
c
h
e
voke
s
the
inconsist
e
nc
y
a
nd
the
log
ica
l
mi
stake
s
of
the
tex
t
in
re
pr
e
se
nti
ng
wome
n’
s
bodies
in
masc
uli
ne
wr
it
i
ng
.
T
o
e
x
plore
th
e
pa
ra
d
ox
e
s
a
nd
inconsist
e
nc
y
i
n
the
tex
t
is
the
de
pa
rting
point
to
d
e
c
onst
ruc
t
wome
n’
s
bod
ies
in
Stard
ust
.
T
his
the
n
re
se
a
rc
h
uses
J
ul
ia
Kr
ist
e
va
’s
the
or
y
be
c
a
us
e
he
r
theor
y
is
usef
ul
to
o
f
f
e
r
a
ce
nt
r
al
p
l
a
ce
f
o
r
dev
el
opi
ng
t
he
f
em
i
ni
ne
su
b
j
ec
t
in
ps
y
c
ho
a
na
l
y
sis
t
hr
oug
h
lan
g
ua
ge
.
K
riste
va
’s
theo
r
y
c
a
n
b
e
used
to
tra
c
e
fe
mi
nine
side
throu
g
h
de
mol
ishi
ng
p
a
triar
c
h
a
l
pe
rspe
c
ti
ve
in
the
nove
l
.
The
re
a
re
thre
e
c
ritica
l
to
ols
fr
om
J
u
li
a
Kr
ist
e
va
take
n
to
a
rr
a
n
ge
the
method
of
a
na
l
y
sis
the
tex
t;
the
s
y
mbol
ic,
the
se
mi
ot
ic
a
nd
the
a
bjec
t.
The
s
y
mbol
i
c
c
onsi
sts
of
‘s
y
ntax
’
a
nd
‘a
ll
li
ng
ui
sti
c
c
a
teg
o
rie
s’.
Tha
t
is,
the
s
y
mbol
ic
is
the
struc
ture
or
g
r
a
mm
a
r
that
g
ov
e
rns
the
wa
y
s
in
whic
h
s
y
mbol
s
c
a
n
re
fe
r.
B
e
sides,
it
is
a
n
oe
dipaliz
e
d
s
y
stem,
re
g
u
late
d
b
y
se
c
onda
r
y
pr
oc
e
sses
a
nd
the
L
a
w
o
f
the
F
a
ther
.
B
y
using
these
c
ritica
l
mea
ns
,
it
is
found
the
c
onc
e
pt
of
wome
n
’s
bodies
in
the
tex
t
dwe
ll
e
d
on
masc
uli
ne
lang
u
a
g
e
.
S
e
c
ond,
t
he
s
e
mi
oti
c
or
of
ten
known
a
s
se
mi
o
ti
c
c
hora
is
the
wa
y
throu
g
h
whic
h
bodil
y
e
ne
r
g
y
a
n
d
a
ff
e
c
ts
c
ome
int
o
langua
ge
a
nd
it
include
s
both
the
dr
ives
a
nd
the
a
rticula
ti
ons
of
t
he
subj
e
c
t.
I
t
is
de
rive
d
f
rom
the
pr
e
Oe
dipal
sta
g
e
a
nd
is
a
s
socia
ted
wit
h
the
fe
mi
nine
a
nd
the
mate
rna
l
.
T
his
se
c
ond
a
na
l
y
sis
shows
th
e
inco
nsis
tenc
y
a
nd
the
lo
g
ic
a
l
mi
stake
s
in
re
pr
e
se
nti
n
g
wome
n
’s
bodies
to
fa
il
the
he
ge
mon
y
of
pa
tria
rc
ha
l
pow
e
r
in
Stard
ust
.
The
last
is
the
Abje
c
t,
thus
pr
oc
e
ss
c
re
a
tes
bou
nda
rie
s
be
twe
e
n
se
lf
a
nd
other
that
must
be
in
pl
a
c
e
be
for
e
the
e
ntra
n
c
e
int
o
lan
g
ua
ge
.
The
a
na
l
y
sis
of
nove
l
ba
se
d
on
th
e
se
thr
e
e
tool
s
finds
the
other
se
lf
withi
n
pr
oc
e
ss
to
ga
in
subj
e
c
ti
vit
y
.
The
re
for
e
,
thi
s
r
e
se
a
rc
h
is
b
e
ne
fic
ial
to
g
e
t
c
ompre
he
nsion
a
bout
women’
s
re
p
re
ssi
on
thro
ug
h
li
ter
a
r
y
wor
k.