In praise of subjectivity: Vision and perspective in Jorge de Sena’s O Físico Prodigioso

Atkin, Rhian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6158-7349 2016. In praise of subjectivity: Vision and perspective in Jorge de Sena’s O Físico Prodigioso. Romance Studies 34 (2) , pp. 125-138. 10.1080/02639904.2016.1151261

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Abstract

This article seeks to assess questions of vision, power and sexual desire in the relationship between the gazed-upon object and the gazing subject in Jorge de Sena’s 1966 novella O Físico Prodigioso. It is proposed that the constantly shifting narrative focus of the text permits the reader to move beyond the gender-coded and unidirectional gaze relationship outlined by Mulvey, and thus break down the binaries of male-female, gazer-gazee, and powerful-powerless which traditionally dominate our conceptions of sexual and political power relations. The article proposes that O Físico Prodigioso presents a textual working through of the multiple, partial perspectives that Haraway lauds as an alternative to male-coded objectivity, where diverse perspectives and visual exchange are crucial to personal sexual relationships and to political resistance.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Modern Languages
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PB Modern European Languages P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism P Language and Literature > PQ Romance literatures
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
ISSN:	0263-9904
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	19 April 2016
Date of Acceptance:	10 June 2015
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2023 16:26
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/89350

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