The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography

Cover of the first edition

Author| Angela Carter
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English
Subject| Marquis de Sade
Publisher| Pantheon Books

Publication date

| 1978
Media type| Print
Pages| 154 pp.
ISBN| 0-394-50575-1
OCLC| 4495463

Dewey Decimal

| 843.6
LC Class| PQ2063.S3

The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography is a 1978 non-fiction book by Angela Carter. The book is a feminist re-appraisal of the work of the Marquis de Sade, consisting of a collection of essays analyzing his literature, particularly the tales of sisters Juliette and Justine.[1]

Her work was later criticized by the radical feminist and anti-porn theorist Andrea Dworkin in her 1981 book Pornography: Men Possessing Women.[2] Unlike Dworkin, Carter sees de Sade as being the first writer to see women as more than mere breeding machines, as more than just their biology and, as such, finds him liberating.[3]

Carter argues that Marquis de Sade was a “moral pornographer”, one that analyzed the relation between the sexes within his work.[4] She argues that Marquis “would not be the enemy of women”, as she views his works as contradicting patriarchal notions of sex and feminity.[4]

The Marquis de Sade’s pornography went on to influence Carter’s fictional work. In her collection of short stories published the next year, The Bloody Chamber, the opening story follows a young, unnamed French woman who is groomed into sex and, subsequently, marriage by the scopophiliac Marquis.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Gall, Catherine (1999-01-01). "Are They Fact or Are They Fiction? The Sadeian Women of Angela Carter". Masters Theses.
2. ^ Smith, Namara (2017-10-26). "Angela Carter: Breaking the Spell". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
3. ^ Gilman, Richard (1979-07-29). "Position Paper". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
4. ^ a b Carter, Angela (1978). The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography. Pantheon Books. p. 19\. ISBN 0-394-50575-1.
5. ^ Carter, Angela (1979). The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories. ISBN 9780099588115.

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* Shadow Dance
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* Heroes and Villains
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Short fiction|

* Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces
* The Bloody Chamber
* The Bridegroom
* Black Venus
* American Ghosts and Old World Wonders
* Burning Your Boats

Dramatic works|

* The Curious Room
* The Holy Family Album

Children's books|

* The Donkey Prince
* Comic and Curious Cats

Non-fiction|

* The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography

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* The Company of Wolves
* The Magic Toyshop

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