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Eri Tanaka
Department Kumamoto Health Science University Center for General Education, Faculty of Health Science Kumamoto Health Science University Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Health Science Position Associate Professor |
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| Date | 2022/10/09 |
| Presentation Theme | （シンポジウム･ ワークショップ他） A Revaluation of Women’s Bodily Descriptions in Ulysses |
| Conference | IASIL Japan The 38th International Conference Ulysses and Beyond |
| Promoters | IASIL Japan |
| Conference Type | Domestic |
| Presentation Type | Panelist at Symposium/Workshop (Applied) |
| Contribution Type | Collaborative |
| Venue | online |
| Holding period | 2022/10/08～2022/10/09 |
| Publisher and common publisher | Kumiko Yamada, Andrew Fitzsimons, Eri Tanaka, Kazuo Yokouchi |
| Details | Symposium 2 “A Dangerous Book or a Love Story: Ulysses After a Hundred Years”
In 1933, Judge John Woolsey declared that Ulysses was not legally obscene. Today, almost a hundred years after Woolsey’s decision, Ulysses is not viewed as being obscene or pornographic. However, the following types of questions are left unanswered: ‘Why did Joyce write materials that could be considered obscene at a time of strict censorship?’ ‘Did Joyce acknowledge that the book received attention all the more due to its obscenity trial?’ or ‘What was Joyce’s intention when he informed Frank Budgen that the “Penelope” episode was “probably more obscene than any preceding episode”?.’In this paper, I examine bodily descriptions of women in Ulysses, ‘Penelope’ in particular, and argue that those descriptions were important rather than obscene for women in the early twentieth century. |