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Intimate Domain Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture SERIES EDITOR William A. Johnsen Th e Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture Series examines issues related to the nexus of violence and religion in the genesis and maintenance of culture. It furthers the agenda of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion, an international association that draws inspiration from René Girard’s mimetic hypothesis on the relationship between violence and religion, elaborated in a stunning series of books he has written over the last forty years. Readers interested in this area of research can also look to the association’s journal, Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture. ADVISORY BOARD René Girard, Stanford University Raymund Schwager†, University of Innsbruck Andrew McKenna, Loyola University of Chicago James Williams, Syracuse University EDITORIAL BOARD Rebecca Adams, Independent Scholar Sandor Goodhart, Purdue University Mark Anspach, École Polytechnique, Paris Robert Hamerton-Kelly†, Stanford University Pierpaolo Antonello, University of Cambridge Hans Jensen, Aarhus University, Denmark Ann Astell, University of Notre Dame Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Cesáreo Bandera, University of North Carolina Santa Barbara Maria Stella Barberi, Università di Messina Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Shaw University Alexei Bodrov, St. Andrew’s Biblical Th eological Michael Kirwan, SJ, Heythrop College, University Institute, Moscow of London João Cezar de Castro Rocha, Universidade do Paisley Livingston, Lingnan University, Hong Kong Estado do Rio de Janeiro Charles Mabee, Ecumenical Th eological Seminary, Benoît Chantre, L’association Recherches Detroit Mimétiques Józef Niewiadomski, Universität Innsbruck Diana Culbertson, Kent State University Wolfgang Palaver, Universität Innsbruck Paul Dumouchel, Ritsumeikan University Martha Reineke, University of Northern Iowa Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Stanford University, École Tobin Siebers, University of Michigan Polytechnique Th ee Smith, Emory University Giuseppe Fornari, Università degli studi di Bergamo Mark Wallace, Swarthmore College Eric Gans, University of California, Los Angeles Eugene Webb, University of Washington Intimate Domain DESIRE, TRAUMA, AND MIMETIC THEORY Martha J. Reineke Michigan State University Press · East Lansing Copyright © 2014 by Martha J. Reineke i Th e paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (r 1997) (Permanence of Paper). pMichigan State University Press East Lansing, Michigan 48823-5245 Printed and bound in the United States of America. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 library of congress control number: 2014931994 isbn: 978-1-61186-128-0 (pbk.) isbn: 978-1-60917-415-6 (ebook: PDF) isbn: 978-1-62895-003-8 (ebook: ePub) isbn: 978-1-62896-003-7 (ebook: Mobi/prc) Book design and composition by Charlie Sharp, Sharp Des!gns, Lansing, Michigan Cover design by David Drummond, Salamander Design, www.salamanderhill.com Cover art is Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864, by Gustave Moreau, from the collection of Th e Metropolitan Museum of Art, a bequest of William H. Herriman, 1920. G Michigan State University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative and is committed to developing and encouraging ecologically responsible publishing practices. For more information about the Green Press Initiative and the use of recycled paper in book publishing, please visit www.greenpressinitiative.org. Visit Michigan State University Press at www.msupress.org In Memoriam Mary and Lester Reineke Contents ix Acknowledgments xi preface. Th e Family, Feminist Scholarship, and Mimetic Th eory xxv introduction. Family Matters part 1. in search of lost time 3 prelude. Mothers 17 chapter 1. Th e Eyes of a Parricide 29 chapter 2. Of Madeleines, Mothers, and Montjouvain 57 chapter 3. Th e Journey Home Is through the World part 2. antigone 81 prelude. Siblings 93 chapter 4. Th e House of Labdacus: On Kinship and Sacrifice 121 chapter 5. Trauma and the Th eban Cycle 141 chapter 6. Antigone and the Ethics of Intimacy part 3. the old man and the wolves 179 prelude. Fathers 201 chapter 7. Not a Country for Old Men: Violence and Mimesis in Santa Varvara 225 chapter 8. To Glimpse a World without Wolves: From Conflict to Compassion 263 Notes 349 Bibliography 361 Index Acknowledgments T he idea for this book emerged during a faculty seminar on Antigone at the University of Northern Iowa and crystallized when Rosemary Johnsen invited me to present a paper on Antigone at an annual meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion (COV&R). I realized then that ideas I had explored in my book Sacrificed Lives merited further attention. Previously, I had reflected on how René Girard’s mimetic theory enhances Kristeva’s discussion of violence. In conversation with other femi- nist scholars, I realized that I should develop further the dialogue I had initi- ated between Kristeva and Girard. Just as I had found that Girard enhances and augments Kristeva’s reflections on violence, I now saw that Kristeva off ers key insights that helpfully extend the analytic powers of mimetic theory. Intimate Domain was born of this insight. In multiple venues over many years, my colleagues in COV&R have been highly responsive to this project as I have shared draft s of chapters with them, and I thank them for their support. I also have been sustained in my eff orts by the University of Northern Iowa, which granted me a professional development assignment and a summer fellowship to write several chapters of this book. I thank my graduate assistant, Chelsea DeLucenay, for her help, especially for the bibliographic support she provided for the chapters on ix
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