Vervreemding in Leora Farber se The futility of writing 24-page letters (2009).

Alienation in Leora Farber's The futility of writing 24-page letters (2009).

Social alienation; Farber, Leora; Between Cup & Lip (Book); Feminism in literature; Literary discourse analysis; Sexual objectification; Dominant culture

This article investigates the concept of alienation in Leora Farber's The futility of writing 24-page letters (as an extension of a work titled Between Cup and Lip as part of the Dis-Location/Re-Location, 2007/2008 exhibition). This is done from a feminist-postcolonial framework in order to investigate the layered complexities surrounding alienation that arise during the oppression of the marginalised. The postcolonial theoretical discourse with its emphasis on the 'other' and the psychic alienation of the marginalised influences the feminist discourse regarding the estrangement of the woman. In feminist discourses, 'alienation' refers to the estrangement women experience in a patriarchal society. We argue that these letters indicate oppressed psychic alienation and self alienation which are the result of stereotyping, cultural domination and sexual objectification. We further argue that Farber's The futility of writing 24-page letters reveals complex layers of alienation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hierdie artikel ondersoek die konsep vervreemding in Leora Farber se The futility of writing 24-page letters (as uitbreiding van die werk getiteld Between Cup and Lip, wat deel gevorm het van die Dis-Location/Re-Location, 2007/2008-uitstalling). Dit is gedoen vanuit 'n feministies-postkoloniale raamwerk om ondersoek in te stel na die kompleksiteite wat ontstaan met betrekking tot vervreemding wanneer gemarginaliseerdes onderdruk word. Die postkoloniale teoretiese diskoers met sy klem op die ander en die psigiese vervreemding van die gemarginaliseerde beïnvloed die feministiese diskoers rakende die vervreemding van die vrou. In feministiese diskoerse verwys vervreemding na die marginalisering wat vroue in 'n patriargale samelewing ervaar. Ons argumenteer dat hierdie briewe aanduidend is van onderdrukte psigiese vervreemding en selfvervreemding wat die gevolg is van stereotipering, kulturele oorheersing en seksuele objektivering. Ons voer voorts aan dat Farber se The futility of writing 24-page letters komplekse lae van vervreemding openbaar. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]