Vindicating Sycorax’s Anti-colonial Voice. An Overview of Some Postcolonial Re-Writings from The Tempest to Indigo

The aim of this essay is to place the Shakespearean character Sycorax as a symbol of anticolonia and anti-patriarchal resistance. Throughout the analysis of this figure in The Tempest and its re-writings, I suggest a change from the theories that turned Caliban into an antiimperial symbol towards a...

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Autor principal:	Xiana Vázquez Bouzó
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Publicado:	Universitat de Barcelona 2016
Materias:	The Tempest Sycorax Indigo anti-colonialism anti-patriarchy Women. Feminism HQ1101-2030.7
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ec9190f683d04422af44144083b8fa3c2021-12-02T05:59:16ZVindicating Sycorax’s Anti-colonial Voice. An Overview of Some Postcolonial Re-Writings from The Tempest to Indigo1136-57812013-947010.1344/Lectora2016.22.15https://doaj.org/article/ec9190f683d04422af44144083b8fa3c2016-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/lectora/article/view/16970https://doaj.org/toc/1136-5781https://doaj.org/toc/2013-9470The aim of this essay is to place the Shakespearean character Sycorax as a symbol of anticolonia and anti-patriarchal resistance. Throughout the analysis of this figure in The Tempest and its re-writings, I suggest a change from the theories that turned Caliban into an antiimperial symbol towards a consideration of Sycorax for this role. I analyse the possibilities that this character opens in terms of re-writing, as well as the relation of the figure of the witch with her community. I also compare the ideas that Caliban personifies (including sexual violence), with those represented by Sycorax (the struggle against imperial and patriarchal forces). I ultimately defend that Sycorax fits better the position as a resistance symbol, since the struggles against masculine dominance must be addressed at the same level as those against imperialist oppressions.Xiana Vázquez BouzóUniversitat de BarcelonaarticleThe TempestSycoraxIndigoanti-colonialismanti-patriarchyWomen. FeminismHQ1101-2030.7CAENESEUFRGLITPTLectora: Revista de Dones i Textualitat, Vol 0, Iss 22, Pp 185-198 (2016)
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description	The aim of this essay is to place the Shakespearean character Sycorax as a symbol of anticolonia and anti-patriarchal resistance. Throughout the analysis of this figure in The Tempest and its re-writings, I suggest a change from the theories that turned Caliban into an antiimperial symbol towards a consideration of Sycorax for this role. I analyse the possibilities that this character opens in terms of re-writing, as well as the relation of the figure of the witch with her community. I also compare the ideas that Caliban personifies (including sexual violence), with those represented by Sycorax (the struggle against imperial and patriarchal forces). I ultimately defend that Sycorax fits better the position as a resistance symbol, since the struggles against masculine dominance must be addressed at the same level as those against imperialist oppressions.
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title	Vindicating Sycorax’s Anti-colonial Voice. An Overview of Some Postcolonial Re-Writings from The Tempest to Indigo
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Vindicating Sycorax’s Anti-colonial Voice. An Overview of Some Postcolonial Re-Writings from The Tempest to Indigo

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