Published: 2022-02-14

“Working in Blood”. On the Language of the Female and the Animal Subject in Małgorzata Lebda’s Matecznik

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Abstract

Anouk Herman’s aim in this article is to introduce the ecofeminist theory of the animal subject and its absent referent in the poetry book Matecznik by Polish author Małgorzata Lebda. Ecofeminism provides tools for elaborate analysis of the conceptual connections between women (as well as persons of nonbinary identities) and animals and may be used as a theoretical background for ecocritical research on literature. Ecofeminist philosophers Carol J. Adams and Marti Kheel have developed theories regarding relationships of human and non-human phenomena. They examine the issues of sexuality and carnality in the context of the killing and hunting of animals, themes which constitute important motifs in Lebda’s poetry.

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Herman, A. (2022). “Working in Blood”. On the Language of the Female and the Animal Subject in Małgorzata Lebda’s Matecznik. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (2 (10), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2022.10.09

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No. 2 (10) (2022)
Published: 2022-12-30


ISSN: 2719-2687
eISSN: 2451-3849
Ikona DOI 10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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