Prosthetic Paradise(2) Enfetishment&MS

[David Morris]

>From: "Terrance F. Flaherty"
>
>Like Carl Barrington of "The Secret Integration", the more
>V. functions as an abstract entity, the more she becomes
>inanimate and non-human. The processes are co-extensive.
>V.'s transformations (identity changes) are directly related
>to the development of the major themes in the novel. These
>major themes can be grouped under the term "enfetishment."

"The" major themes?  I think there are major themes that don't easily fit 
into "enfetishment," but even as I say this I know that "enfetishment" is a 
large tent with numerous side-shows.  I do think that _The White Goddess_ 
contains a numinous side of V, which might be called "enfetishment," but I 
think would betray a deep cynicism of the S&M sort, which, now that I think 
more about this...  Naw!  I still think V.'s Real Abstract. Both. Mystical.

DM

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