Obscenity in Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary and James Joyce's Ulysses: A Postmodern Literary, Legal, and Cultural Analysis

In this paper. I attempt to prove that obscenity as a legal concept is actually a moral judgment made by patriarchal powers and a political tool used to police female sexuality. I analyze James Joyce’s Ulysses as a case study, using Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary as a precedent. While I believe th...

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Main Author: Kweon, Christie
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2015
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/607
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1746&context=scripps_theses