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Utopia Of Equality In Monsieur Vénus: Roman Matérialiste: Transgressing Gender Lines Or Transgressing Social Lines?, Ennio A. Nuila
Utopia Of Equality In Monsieur Vénus: Roman Matérialiste: Transgressing Gender Lines Or Transgressing Social Lines?, Ennio A. Nuila
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When the first edition of the novel by Rachilde, née Marguerite Eymery, Monsieur Vénus: Roman Matérialiste was published in Brussels in 1884, it was deemed pornographic and therefore banned. A revised edition was published in1889. The novel deals with gender inversion themes and the crossing of social boundaries. The novel’s main characters, Jacques and Raoule, belong to different social strata. Raoule is an aristocrat and Jacques is a florist. In the novel Rachilde presents Raoule as a strong woman who wants not equality but rather the privileges that men have.
In Jacques and Raoule the author conflates the drama and …