Modesty and Immodesty as a Modality of Construction of a Political’s Body in Hervé Guibert’s Work Cover Image

Pudeur et impudeur comme modalités de construction d’un corps politique chez Hervé Guibert
Modesty and Immodesty as a Modality of Construction of a Political’s Body in Hervé Guibert’s Work

Author(s): Arnaud Genon
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Hervé Guibert; political’s body; modesty and immodesty

Summary/Abstract: Modesty and immodesty are two movements used by Hervé Guibert to build a unique picture of his body that I propose to examine in this article in order to highlight a politics of the Guibertian’s body. The multiple body escapes any form of confinement, restriction and constructs itself without any sign of sexual normativity. Guibert refuses both heterosexual and homosexual models and anchors himself in another space, uncertain and undefined.

  • Issue Year: 8/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 94-104
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: French