Review

Jeanette Winterson’s Rewriting of Patriarchal Tales and Stories in Her Novels Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and Sexing The Cherry To Question Gender Roles

Number: 44 November 29, 2022
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Jeanette Winterson’s Rewriting of Patriarchal Tales and Stories in Her Novels Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and Sexing The Cherry To Question Gender Roles

Abstract

Jeanette Winterson examined the issue of gender by rewriting familiar fairy tales and biblical stories in her novels Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985) and Sexing the Cherry (1989). With Winterson’s parodic rewriting, the contemporary reader, whose social culture, and expectations have changed, moves away from the previous expectation that the woman lying in the glass coffin, representing purity and chastity, will be kissed, and brought back to life by the prince. However, in Winterson’s works, woman’s gender is far from being a part of her identity. Winterson points out the hidden messages underlying the tales we used to read before. Such messages are seen in biblical stories rewritten in Oranges as well and in this article these stories are analysed to question gender roles. In addition, Winterson’s subversion of Grimm Brothers’ tale “Twelve Dancing Princesses” and the main character’s own narrations in Sexing the Cherry are studied for the same purpose.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Women's Studies

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

November 29, 2022

Submission Date

October 10, 2022

Acceptance Date

November 21, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Number: 44

APA
Canbülbül, N., & Taştekin, E. (2022). Jeanette Winterson’s Rewriting of Patriarchal Tales and Stories in Her Novels Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and Sexing The Cherry To Question Gender Roles. Sosyoloji Dergisi, 44, 339-358. https://izlik.org/JA74WT67PU
AMA
1.Canbülbül N, Taştekin E. Jeanette Winterson’s Rewriting of Patriarchal Tales and Stories in Her Novels Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and Sexing The Cherry To Question Gender Roles. JOS. 2022;(44):339-358. https://izlik.org/JA74WT67PU
Chicago
Canbülbül, Nida, and Emel Taştekin. 2022. “Jeanette Winterson’s Rewriting of Patriarchal Tales and Stories in Her Novels Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and Sexing The Cherry To Question Gender Roles”. Sosyoloji Dergisi, nos. 44: 339-58. https://izlik.org/JA74WT67PU.
EndNote
Canbülbül N, Taştekin E (November 1, 2022) Jeanette Winterson’s Rewriting of Patriarchal Tales and Stories in Her Novels Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and Sexing The Cherry To Question Gender Roles. Sosyoloji Dergisi 44 339–358.
IEEE
[1]N. Canbülbül and E. Taştekin, “Jeanette Winterson’s Rewriting of Patriarchal Tales and Stories in Her Novels Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and Sexing The Cherry To Question Gender Roles”, JOS, no. 44, pp. 339–358, Nov. 2022, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA74WT67PU
ISNAD
Canbülbül, Nida - Taştekin, Emel. “Jeanette Winterson’s Rewriting of Patriarchal Tales and Stories in Her Novels Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and Sexing The Cherry To Question Gender Roles”. Sosyoloji Dergisi. 44 (November 1, 2022): 339-358. https://izlik.org/JA74WT67PU.
JAMA
1.Canbülbül N, Taştekin E. Jeanette Winterson’s Rewriting of Patriarchal Tales and Stories in Her Novels Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and Sexing The Cherry To Question Gender Roles. JOS. 2022;:339–358.
MLA
Canbülbül, Nida, and Emel Taştekin. “Jeanette Winterson’s Rewriting of Patriarchal Tales and Stories in Her Novels Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and Sexing The Cherry To Question Gender Roles”. Sosyoloji Dergisi, no. 44, Nov. 2022, pp. 339-58, https://izlik.org/JA74WT67PU.
Vancouver
1.Nida Canbülbül, Emel Taştekin. Jeanette Winterson’s Rewriting of Patriarchal Tales and Stories in Her Novels Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and Sexing The Cherry To Question Gender Roles. JOS [Internet]. 2022 Nov. 1;(44):339-58. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA74WT67PU

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