Experimenting with Androgyny: "Malina" and Ingeborg Bachmann's Jungian Search for Utopia

The experimental narrative union of masculine and feminine in Bachmann's novel Molina (1971) functions as her attempt to overcome patriarchal constraints. Recent theorizing about gender and critiques of Jungian psychology and feminism help to explain why Bachmann's experiment with androgyn...

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Veröffentlicht in:Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal. - University of Manitoba. - 30(1997), 3, Seite 75-87
1. Verfasser: COSTABDLE-HEMING, CAROL ANNE (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: KARANDRIKAS, VASILIKI
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1997
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal
Schlagworte:Biological sciences Social sciences Philosophy Behavioral sciences Arts
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Zusammenfassung:The experimental narrative union of masculine and feminine in Bachmann's novel Molina (1971) functions as her attempt to overcome patriarchal constraints. Recent theorizing about gender and critiques of Jungian psychology and feminism help to explain why Bachmann's experiment with androgyny was unsuccessful in depicting the articulation of an integrated self.
ISSN:19255683