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Power Structures in După gâşte (After Geese) by Lucian Dan Teodorovici
Power Structures in După gâşte (After Geese) by Lucian Dan Teodorovici

Author(s): Zsuzsa Tapodi, Ingrid Tomonicska
Subject(s): Social history, Romanian Literature, Politics and society, Social psychology and group interaction
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: power structures; Gypsy tradition; macro- and microsphere; public and intimate sphere; interaction;

Summary/Abstract: The distribution of power is present at all levels of our existence: race, religion, ethnicity, culture, military level, politics, and economics. The power structures have never been based on equality because there is always a person or a group that wants to impose his/her/their view upon others. The present study follows these balances at multiple levels: from the point of view of the macro- (societal) and the micro- (individual/private) sphere, but also from the perspective of ethnicity and gender as they are represented in După gâşte (After Geese) by Lucian Dan Teodorovici. The main stream of the short story has a rather simplistic pretext – the theft of some geese by the Gypsies in a Romanian village –, which masterly introduces us to the problem of power structures.

  • Issue Year: 14/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 45-57
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English