The Idea of Spatiality in Adele: A Feminist Geography Approach

Authors

  • Maabich Omar University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Saiss, Fes, Moroco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47577/teh.v9i.11498

Keywords:

postcolonialism, feminism and geograghy, implicated subjects, digital space

Abstract

Feminism is a multidisciplinary field that addresses women’s issues and interests.  The field has extended its focus to cover major aspects of women’s lives rising from society, economy, culture, and politics to geography. Feminist geography examines women’s status, interaction, and significance in a place and space. Leila Slimani’s Adele (2019) is a masterpiece that presents a genuine mode of spatiality where the interconnectedness and interplay between the physical and the digital space navigates gender-related issues. This present article addresses the idea of spatiality in Adele, and how the interconnectedness between the physical, and the digital spaces provides a holistic feminist geographical lens to discuss gender roles, inequality, and social discrimination. The study portrays how the protagonist navigates between the two realms effortlessly while exploring how places and spaces are social and gendered constructions. Initially, the digital place helped Adele to escape from the domestics, the family, and the public space, but digital escapism collapsed as it gave more intricate and complexity to the multithemed feminist issues and mode of spatiality in the narrative.

Keywords. Domestic place, digital space, feminist geography, gender roles, interconnectedness, interplay, mode of spatiality, space.

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Published

2024-08-17

How to Cite

Maabich, O. (2024). The Idea of Spatiality in Adele: A Feminist Geography Approach. Technium Education and Humanities, 9, 73–80. https://doi.org/10.47577/teh.v9i.11498