Prosthetic Paradise(2) Enfetishment&MS

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

David Morris wrote:
> 
> >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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I don't know how that "the" got in the there. S/B major
themes or some of the or a couple of the or would you
believe two of the...


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