Peter Coviello: Vineland Reread

[Mark Kohut]

Pynchon's deepest vision of sexual relations in in a patriarchal
power-domination, politically sado-masochististic
Western world, led by the US.

We all know the key scene in GR where he "obscenely' embodied this, said
the patriarchal power structure
of Columbia University's Board of Trustees.

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 7:14 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Robert, sexism in VL, shortlist:
>
> 1.  Frenesi betrays almost everyone she knows **for no other offered
> reason**   than that he’s a manly cop in a uniform.
>
> 2.  Prairie almost masturbates as Brock Vond flies  away, wishing he’d
> swoop back down for her.
>
> These two most central female characters in COL49 desire, deep down, to be
> dominated by men in uniforms.
>
> David Morris
>
>
> > David, I'm curious as to why you call it sexist, and sorry you dislike
> it.
> >
> >
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