Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Major/Program
English
First Advisor's Name
James Sutton
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Maneck Daruwala
Second Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Third Advisor's Name
Ana Luszczynska
Third Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Member
Keywords
feminist, commodification, materialist, shakespeare, spenser, keats, queer, butler, gender performance, masquerade
Date of Defense
2-23-2015
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis was to explore selected works from William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, and John Keats, in order to expose textual instances of feminist thought. This analysis was aided with feminist theorists falling under the main strains of queer theory, materialism, and gender performance. Specifically, this thesis focused on the ways in which women, particularly virgin daughters, were viewed as property by their male kin. It also looked at how these women engaged in various symbolic masquerades and/or actual cross-dressing as a response to the aforementioned phenomenon. Finally, the thesis exposed how these masquerades can be construed as a queering of identity—manifested through reversals of power and rejection of patriarchal institutions like marriage.
Identifier
FI15032126
Recommended Citation
Ortega, Laura M., "The Commodification of Queer Virgins in Shakespeare, Spenser, and Keats" (2015). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1905.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1905
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