BtZ42 Section 9 (pp 53-60): Jessica wakes

[Mark Kohut]

Yes, does not have to be female, I was just seeing the massive Lolita
females under that insight.

And 'patriarchal' might be a logical leap in this short post but very
implied in Pointsman's way with the children at least. Pointsman,
the Watson-like behaviorist, Watson who wrote the book for AMERICAN MOTHERS
on how to raise their kids. Quite
patriarchal, I'd say, internalized by moms and dads.


On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 6:36 AM, Thomas Eckhardt <
thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:

> Am 11.05.2016 um 11:36 schrieb Mark Kohut:
>
> As I reread GR, the power of Lolita's theme keeps looming larger.
>> Pynchon has it everywhere in GR; an internal metaphor for
>> male control, for patriarchal dominance that reduces the Other, the
>> female, to a victim. I suggest he sees it as deeply American in action;
>> maybe deeply Western if England is added as another locale where it
>> plays out.
>>
>
> The other does not have to be female, cf. Weissmann and Enzian. And male
> (I am not sure about the "patriarchal") dominance does not have to be
> American. But I suspect that, yes, dominance has to be male. At least in
> Pynchon.
>
> Marvellous posts, by the way. Keep it coming!
>
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