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Volume : I, Issue : VIII, September - 2011 Interrogation of patriarchal codes and misogynistic fantasies in Angela Carter's Shadow Dance Raji Ramesh DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Patriarchy is a problematic term among the feminists and theoreticians of literature. It presents women's relations
with men as invariably antagonistic and treats their oppression in a transhistorical light, ignoring those occasions in
history when the sexes have worked together as allies. The paper makes an attempt to prove how Angela Carter tries
to challenge the patriarchal institution by creating definite space for women, by creating characters such as Edna and
Emily. The novels heroine though subjected to violence, tries to exert her sexuality by questioning the phallus and the
power of patriarchy. The principal protagonist Morris is haunted by his failed first sexual encounter and later Emily's
bold appearance and sows the seeds for a liberated woman. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Raji Ramesh, (2011). Interrogation of patriarchal codes and misogynistic fantasies in Angela Carter's Shadow Dance. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. I, Issue. VIII, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/447.pdf References : - Carter, Angela. 1977. The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History. London: Virago Press.
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