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THE COMMODIFICATION AND RESILIENCE OF THE FEMALE BODY IN “GOBLIN MARKET” AND JIBARO: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

KADIN BEDENİNİN METALAŞTIRILMASI VE MUKAVEMETİ: “GOBLİN PAZARI” VE JIBARO ÜZERİNE KARŞILAŞTIRMALI BİR İNCELEME

Seçil Erkoç Iqbal(İNÖNÜ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, BATI DİLLERİ VE EDEBİYATLARI BÖLÜMÜ)0000-0003-0934-331X
Pages
485–495
Publication Date
2026-10-26
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In both works, therefore, it is seen that the female body defies total control, asserting its agency through sisterhood and resilience.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market” (1862) and Alberto Mielgo’s animated episode Jibaro (2022) portray the female body as a commodified entity that is objectified by patriarchal discourse.
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Key Findings & Data:In this context, adopting a postcolonial feminist perspective, this study argues that Laura and the siren demonstrate the patriarchal violence that consumes the female body as a natural and material source.
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Conclusion & Impact:In both works, therefore, it is seen that the female body defies total control, asserting its agency through sisterhood and resilience.
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⚙️Variables:Christina Rossetti · Goblin Pazarı · Alberto Mielgo

Abstract

Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market” (1862) and Alberto Mielgo’s animated episode Jibaro (2022) portray the female body as a commodified entity that is objectified by patriarchal discourse. Rossetti’s poem exhibits how the capitalistic market economy paves the way for the usurpation of women through goblin men’s incessant temptations to sell their fruit. Enticed by their call, Laura consumes the goblin fruit, begins to lose her vitality and becomes an object of consumption and control. Similarly, Mielgo’s work represents the desacralisation of the woman’s body by a deaf conquistador in a quasi-mythical colonial setting. In Mielgo’s visual narrative, a group of knights come across a siren whose body is covered by precious jewellery. Although the knights rush to their deaths after being exposed to the siren’s lethal song, the deaf knight survives only to exploit and destroy her golden body. In this context, adopting a postcolonial feminist perspective, this study argues that Laura and the siren demonstrate the patriarchal violence that consumes the female body as a natural and material source. However, their salvation comes through the same source that has prepared their downfall, that is, the female body. Using her whole body as a passive medium of resistance against the goblin men, Lizzie manages to save her sister. Similarly, the river restores the siren to life, and she takes revenge on the conquistador, who is no longer deaf because right after drinking from the blood-infested river he regains his hearing ability. In both works, therefore, it is seen that the female body defies total control, asserting its agency through sisterhood and resilience.

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Christina Rossetti’nin “Goblin Pazarı” (1862) şiiri ve Alberto Mielgo’nun animasyon anlatısı Jibaro (2022), kadın bedenini, ataerkil söylem tarafından nesneleştirilen metalaştırılmış bir varlık olarak temsil etmektedir. Rossetti’nin eseri, goblin adamların bitmek bilmeyen baştan çıkarıcı söylemleri aracılığıyla, kapitalist ekonominin, kadınları sömürüye açık birer meta haline getirdiğini ortaya koyar. Bu söylemlerin etkisine kapılan Laura, goblin meyvelerini yerken aslında kendi öz benliğini yitirmeye başlar ve bir tüketim nesnesine dönüşür. Benzer şekilde, Mielgo’nun çalışması da sömürgeciliğin izlerini bünyesinde barındıran yarı-mitsel bir anlatı üzerinden, kulakları duymayan bir fetih askerinin kadın bedenini tahrip ederek onu kutsallıktan arındırmasını örneklendirmektedir. Mielgo’nun görsel anlatısında, bir grup şövalye, bedeni değerli mücevherlerle kaplı bir sirenle karşılaşır. Şövalyeler sirenin ölümcül şarkısına kapılarak yok olurken, sağır şövalye sirenin altınla kaplı bedenini sömürmek ve yok etmek için hayatta kalır. Bu bağlamda, postkolonyal feminist bir perspektif benimseyen bu çalışma, Laura ve siren karakterlerinin, kadın bedenini doğal ve maddi bir kaynak olarak tüketen ataerkil şiddeti temsil ettiğini ileri sürmektedir. Ancak her iki karakterin kurtuluşları, çöküşlerini hazırlayan aynı kaynaktan, yani kadın bedeninin dönüştürücü potansiyelinden doğar. Tüm bedenini, goblin adamlara karşı pasif bir direniş aracına dönüştüren Lizzie, kız kardeşini kurtarmayı başarır. Benzer şekilde, siren, nehrin iyileştirici gücü sayesinde yeniden hayata döner ve kanla dolu nehirden içtikten hemen sonra işitme yetisini geri kazanan fetih askerinden intikamını alır. Dolayısıyla her iki eserde de kadın bedeninin, kız kardeşlik, dayanışma ve sebat yoluyla kendi iradesini ortaya koyarak, mutlak tahakküme meydan okuduğu tartışılmaktadır.

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Iqbal, S. E. (2026). THE COMMODIFICATION AND RESILIENCE OF THE FEMALE BODY IN “GOBLIN MARKET” AND JIBARO: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 13 Sayı: 2, 485–495. https://doi.org/10.69878/deuefad.1835957

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