Desire for the other and the Iterable Identity in the Social Context: A Postmodern Reading of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire

• Authors: Noorbakhsh Hooti , Ali Salehi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In postmodern outlook, the boundary between the different divisions made inside the mind is blurred. It is the Other of one’s self that indirectly defines the identity of a character or makes it abject. The purpose of this study is to recognize the adjustment identity of Blanche in “The Streetcar Named Desire” in diverse social contexts. The identity of Blanche is under surveillance through some key elements in the postmodern bedrock. The chains of signifiers that are produced by the considered character distinguish the mayhem of the mind that is trying to find a new identity in the altered social context. The study aims to unravel the desire for the Other or the hidden alter that is trying to adapt itself to the new environment while the character is unraveled as abject for the others in the special context. The dangling state of Blanche’s mind is exposed through multiple features of the concepts to embody the blurring border between the Other and the self.

Keywords

EN

abject; alterity; difference; identity; the Other

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Romanian Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 86-97

Dates

published

2014-03-01

online

2014-05-01

Contributors

author

Noorbakhsh Hooti

• Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

author

Ali Salehi

• Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/rjes-2014-0011