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“The iron fist, the leather glove, and the woollen mitten” : gender performance(s), complicity, and complacency in written and screen versions of Aunt Lydia from Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments
Dissertation (MA (English))--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/88982 “The iron fist, the leather glove, and the woollen mitten” : gender performance(s), complicity, and complacency in written and screen versions of Aunt Lydia from Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments Nöffke, Tobias Georg jordynweiss3@gmail.com Weiss, Jordyn Jade UCTD Margaret Atwood Gender performance Complicity Complacency Adaptation The Handmaid’s Tale The Testaments Dissertation (MA (English))--University of Pretoria, 2022. This dissertation examines the different gender performances, complicities, and complacencies demonstrated by three versions of the character Aunt Lydia: first, the Aunt Lydia of the novel version of The Handmaid’s Tale; second, the television version of the same character for the Hulu series, The Handmaid’s Tale; and third, the Aunt Lydia that Margaret Atwood focuses on in her latest novel, The Testaments. The research is primarily informed by Judith Butler and her various works on the subject of gender performativity, as well as Simone de Beauvoir’s conception of women’s complicity in and complacency about their own oppression. The Handmaid’s Tale novel’s Aunt Lydia performs the gender role of Gileadean Aunt, and she is thoroughly complicit in and complacent about women’s subjugation in Gilead. In the television adaptation of the novel, Lydia continues her performance of the Aunt gender role, but her complacency about women’s situation in Gilead begins to shift. However, she remains complicit in enforcing the women’s oppression. Finally, in The Testaments, Lydia performs multiple gender roles: that of the Aunt, as the other versions of her character do, and, in private, that of a woman who aims to restore Gileadean women’s freedom. Though she is ever complicit in suppressing the women around her, this version of Aunt Lydia cannot be said to be complacent about that suppression. English MA (English) Unrestricted 2023-01-26T12:40:38Z 2023-01-26T12:40:38Z 2023-04 2022 Dissertation * A2023 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88982 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Margaret Atwood Gender performance Complicity Complacency Adaptation The Handmaid’s Tale The Testaments “The iron fist, the leather glove, and the woollen mitten” : gender performance(s), complicity, and complacency in written and screen versions of Aunt Lydia from Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments |
| title | “The iron fist, the leather glove, and the woollen mitten” : gender performance(s), complicity, and complacency in written and screen versions of Aunt Lydia from Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments |
| title_full | “The iron fist, the leather glove, and the woollen mitten” : gender performance(s), complicity, and complacency in written and screen versions of Aunt Lydia from Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments |
| title_fullStr | “The iron fist, the leather glove, and the woollen mitten” : gender performance(s), complicity, and complacency in written and screen versions of Aunt Lydia from Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments |
| title_full_unstemmed | “The iron fist, the leather glove, and the woollen mitten” : gender performance(s), complicity, and complacency in written and screen versions of Aunt Lydia from Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments |
| title_short | “The iron fist, the leather glove, and the woollen mitten” : gender performance(s), complicity, and complacency in written and screen versions of Aunt Lydia from Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments |
| title_sort | the iron fist the leather glove and the woollen mitten gender performance s complicity and complacency in written and screen versions of aunt lydia from margaret atwood s the handmaid s tale and the testaments |
| topic | UCTD Margaret Atwood Gender performance Complicity Complacency Adaptation The Handmaid’s Tale The Testaments |
| url | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88982 |