The Body as a Text of Culture

Abstract

The purpose of this study is the thorough examination of one of the most memorable characters of fiction ever characterized in 20^th century that is Clarissa Dalloway. It aims at exploring Clarissa's multifaceted and labyrinthine self from body studies, which is one of the latest issues in construction of identity, is discussed and related to the body of the study. . It dissects Clarissa Dalloway's often contradictory temperaments and the whole process of her cultural body to conclude that she is not able to achieve a stable and fixed notion of identity. This study attempts to demystify those less trampled territories hitherto unknown such as philosophical or linguistic considerations of the construction of subjectivity. In spinning philosophical, linguistic, and sociological webs around feminist considerations, I tend to shed more light on the corners of the problematic of subjectivity and also to stress the complexity of the issue.

Keywords: Body, Gender, Performative, Self, Identity