THE REPRESENTATION OF THE VAGINA AS AN INVERTED PHALLUS AND THE DISSIDENCE OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN THE SHORT STORY "THE SWORD AND THE ROSE" BY MARINA DE COLASANTI

Abstract

In this article, analyze the research entitled: “The representation of the vagina as an inverted phallus and the dissidence of gender and sexuality in the short story ‘Between the sword and the rose’ by Marina Colasanti”, in which the gradual social dialectical process that focuses on the anatomical difference between the sexes and gender and sexuality issues that involve the characters is considered, namely: a young Princess and a young King. In this proposition, the process of adaptation and social acceptance that involves a gender dissident (Princess) and the ambiguous sexual expression of the young King is considered. In this context, the female character stands out for her comings and goings between traditional meanings versus progressivism, considering the composition of current themes, for example: gender and sexuality that are pluralized in the set of discussions involving the human social sciences. In this research, the studies of Sigmund Freud, with greater emphasis, regarding the psychic consequences involved in the castration complex, Judith Butler and Pierre Bourdieu regarding gender and sexuality issues, corroborate with greater emphasis. In addition, other references, of lesser theoretical inference, also corroborate the effectiveness of the analysis proposed in the corpus of the Article. It is concluded that the short story "Between the Sword and the Rose" symbolizes, allegorizes, metaphorizes, in semantic and semiotic terms, the performative perspective of bodies that are not limited in the meanings of gender (male and female) and sexuality guided by heteronormativity.