A DICOTOMÍA DA PERSONAXE DE READ EN PIRATA DE MARIA REIMÓNDEZ
THE DICHOTOMY OF THE CHARACTER OF READ IN PIRATA BY MARIA REIMÓNDEZ

Author(s): Attilio Castellucci
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: body; Galician; homosexuality; freedom; woman; other
Summary/Abstract: The dichotomy of Read’s character in "Pirata" (2009) by Maria Reimóndez cuts across well-defined spaces within the categories of tangible and intangible. The character’s own body is experienced antinomically, depending on the perception Read has, at any given moment, of the projection of her own being to the outside. By changing the way she shows her own body to others, and therefore the way others see her, she changes, in a more or less conscious way, the degree of tangibility she can accept. The less conflictive the character’s relationship with her own body, depending on the different situations, the more she allows others to get close to her. By changing the perception that Read has of herself, she changes the way she shows herself to others, and this also changes the perception she herself has of others and her knowledge of the world. The other is perceived on the basis of how Read’s character feels that others see her, and depending on how she wants others to see her. If seeing implies being seen and touching implies being touched, when it is Mary who shows herself, physical space is forbidden and she does not passively accept any contact. When, instead, it is Mark who shows himself, physical contact is accepted, and he even looks for it in all its facets: camaraderie, love, and hand-to-hand combat.

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