Wilde Women

Salomé and the Spectacle of the Transgendered Jewess Hysteric
  • S. I. Salamensky
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Abstract

Salomé,2 Oscar Wilde’s lurid, spectacular reimagination of the New Testament tale of the death of John the Baptist, is conceived of less in its own terms than by way of its outward parameters: aestheticism, decadence, and, above all, shock. The play, rife with sex, gore, and religious blasphemy, was censored in England for 39 years to shield the public from what was viewed as its degenerate influence. Yet there is much more to the work than has been seen. The densest, least accessible, and most historically, intertextually, and contextually based of Wilde’s works by far, Salomé remains relatively underexplored by scholars. Similarly, it is—as may, unfortunately, be apparent from nearly any production—little understood by theater artists today.

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Jewish Woman Female Climax Tyrian Purple Dung Heap World Zionist Organization 
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