Fascism, Race, and the Female Body in D.H. Lawrence’s Kangaroo
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D.H. Lawrence’s Kangaroo has been lumped and even dismissed with other so-called “leadership” novels by the author. This essay, however, contends that there is something unique about Kangaroo that deserves critical attention. More than the others, it is based on Lawrence’s own experiences as he traveled in Australia, and what emerges is a narrative different from any Lawrence created before or after. Although he is famous as a proponent of the body and bodily experience, here the body evokes in him fear and even loathing. Along with this response is a more overt flirtation with fascistic ideas than can be found in his other works. Using feminist psychoanalytic theory, this essay analyzes Lawrence’s psychological struggle and establishes a link between male-supremacist and racist ideologies and the body gendered female. Lawrence believed that he had left behind patriarchal culture and confronted a blank slate in Australia, yet this absence of culture left him vulnerable to a confrontation with pure body, one that leads to revelations about the irrational fears lurking below the surface of authoritarian political movements.
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D.H. Lawrence’s Kangaroo has been lumped and even dismissed with other so-called “leadership” novels by the author. This essay, however, contends that there is something unique about Kangaroo that deserves critical attention. More than the others, it is based on Lawrence’s own experiences as he traveled in Australia, and what emerges is a narrative different from any Lawrence created before or after. Although he is famous as a proponent of the body and bodily experience, here the body evokes in him fear and even loathing. Along with this response is a more overt flirtation with fascistic ideas than can be found in his other works. Using feminist psychoanalytic theory, this essay analyzes Lawrence’s psychological struggle and establishes a link between male-supremacist and racist ideologies and the body gendered female. Lawrence believed that he had left behind patriarchal culture and confronted a blank slate in Australia, yet this absence of culture left him vulnerable to a confrontation with pure body, one that leads to revelations about the irrational fears lurking below the surface of authoritarian political movements.
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