<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>“Far from being unitary or monolithic or autonomous things, cultures actually assume more &lt;foreign> elements, alterities, differences, than they consciously exclude.” (Said 15). Building on gender studies discourse, the present paper builds on Said’s view of cultural experiences at large as stated in the quotation above and attempts to illustrate what was at stake in the (trans)cultural relationship between space, place and textuality in the making of the Romanian romantic novel.</p></abstract>

“Far from being unitary or monolithic or autonomous things, cultures actually assume more <foreign> elements, alterities, differences, than they consciously exclude.” (Said 15). Building on gender studies discourse, the present paper builds on Said’s view of cultural experiences at large as stated in the quotation above and attempts to illustrate what was at stake in the (trans)cultural relationship between space, place and textuality in the making of the Romanian romantic novel.

Nineteenth Century Romanian Public Space: The Final Frontier for Women?

“Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Bucharest, 176, Splaiul Independenței 176, sect.4, București, Romania

Gender Studies

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“Far from being unitary or monolithic or autonomous things, cultures actually assume more  elements, alterities, differences, than they consciously exclude.” (Said 15). Building on gender studies discourse, the present paper builds on Said’s view of cultural experiences at large as stated in the quotation above and attempts to illustrate what was at stake in the (trans)cultural relationship between space, place and textuality in the making of the Romanian romantic novel.

“Far from being unitary or monolithic or autonomous things, cultures actually assume more <foreign> elements, alterities, differences, than they consciously...

Nineteenth Century Romanian Public Space: The Final Frontier for Women?

Publicado en línea: 28 dic 2012

Páginas: 55 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10320-012-0005-x

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