Artikel
Making friends? : contemporary women poets' difficulties with friendship
Verfasst von:
Bertram, Vicki
in:
Women's studies international forum
New York [u.a.]:
2000
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629 - 643 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Bertram, Vicki |
| In: | Women's studies international forum |
| Jahr: | 2000 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| This article considers contemporary women poets' treatment of friendship. It notes the curious discrepancy between poets' acknowledgment of the importance of other women, and the absence of any reflection of this importance in their poetry. I argue that western culture's preoccupation with sexual and blood ties is reflected in both poetry and feminist theoretical writings. Any articulation of the complexity, significance and nuances of friendship is lacking in language, mythological materials and literary paradigms and, since it is out of these that poetry is created, the silence is perhaps not surprising. The few existing poems that do explore female friendship display anxiety over the close identification between poet and friend, a mirroring that is depicted as both desirable and claustrophobic. The article examines examples of these by Liz Lochhead and Jackie Kay, and compares the tensions therein to the tendency Nancy Chodorow and other "object relations" psychologists have noted in relationships between women, for "merged attachments". Lesbian poets have done most to explore this difficult terrain, and the article discusses two poems (by Thylias Moss and Marilyn Hacker) that seem determined to reconceptualise non-secual relations between women outside existing frameworks. It is thus that new configurations (poetic and actual) can be created. These new models of relationships between women, bear striking resemblance to the ideas of Luce Irigaray, which are also discussed. | |
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