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A Lacanian Perspective on Face and Identity in Ariel Dorfman’s Mascara

Sayı: 47 15 Haziran 2022
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A Lacanian Perspective on Face and Identity in Ariel Dorfman’s Mascara

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In this study, the unnamed narrator of Ariel Dorfman’s Mascara, who has a congenital facial peculiarity, is examined through Jacques Lacan’s critical ideas on the formation of the subject. Lacan gives an extensive account of the process of the individual’s becoming a subject and the positions this subject takes in relation to the social structures. The subject’s tendency to conform to the norms of society is closely intertwined with a continuous “desire” that arises in relation to an existential lack. For someone having an atypical appearance, just like the protagonist in Mascara, the burden on this lack is doubled because he lacks both in being and in the face, the most critical body part in an assigning identity to an individual. Due to his featureless face, the unnamed narrator in Dorfman’s novel is conferred a devalued status offered by the wider society as the Other. Highly aware of his status as an outsider, the narrator believes that it is possible for him to become visible and ordinary through someone’s love. Although his “desire” to be recognized by a woman costs him his life, neither his death nor the absence of a physical face prevents the unnamed narrator in Mascara from getting what he demands, which is remembrance. Drawing on the theoretical framework by Lacan, this article offers that the occurrence of facial stigma as a subordinate social category is due to a set of social expectations that are transformed into “ideal” and “standard.”

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Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Dil Çalışmaları, Sanat ve Edebiyat

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Fatma Eren Bu kişi benim
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

15 Haziran 2022

Gönderilme Tarihi

16 Mart 2021

Kabul Tarihi

16 Haziran 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2022 Sayı: 47

Kaynak Göster

APA
Eren, F. (2022). A Lacanian Perspective on Face and Identity in Ariel Dorfman’s Mascara. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 47, 59-74. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.1128334
AMA
1.Eren F. A Lacanian Perspective on Face and Identity in Ariel Dorfman’s Mascara. SEFAD. 2022;(47):59-74. doi:10.21497/sefad.1128334
Chicago
Eren, Fatma. 2022. “A Lacanian Perspective on Face and Identity in Ariel Dorfman’s Mascara”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, sy 47: 59-74. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.1128334.
EndNote
Eren F (01 Haziran 2022) A Lacanian Perspective on Face and Identity in Ariel Dorfman’s Mascara. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 47 59–74.
IEEE
[1]F. Eren, “A Lacanian Perspective on Face and Identity in Ariel Dorfman’s Mascara”, SEFAD, sy 47, ss. 59–74, Haz. 2022, doi: 10.21497/sefad.1128334.
ISNAD
Eren, Fatma. “A Lacanian Perspective on Face and Identity in Ariel Dorfman’s Mascara”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 47 (01 Haziran 2022): 59-74. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.1128334.
JAMA
1.Eren F. A Lacanian Perspective on Face and Identity in Ariel Dorfman’s Mascara. SEFAD. 2022;:59–74.
MLA
Eren, Fatma. “A Lacanian Perspective on Face and Identity in Ariel Dorfman’s Mascara”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, sy 47, Haziran 2022, ss. 59-74, doi:10.21497/sefad.1128334.
Vancouver
1.Fatma Eren. A Lacanian Perspective on Face and Identity in Ariel Dorfman’s Mascara. SEFAD. 01 Haziran 2022;(47):59-74. doi:10.21497/sefad.1128334