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• 1 2017-11-14T17:00:45-08:00 "my body - a wunderkammer" Summary 17 plain 2017-11-19T00:12:47-08:00

  “My body - a wunderkammer” by Shelley Jackson is a unique narrative of the author’s relationship with her body and how each body part plays a role in her identity from adolescence to adulthood. At first glance, you are presented with a drawing of a woman’s naked body who is holding a writing utensil and a piece of paper. On the drawing, there are a variety of squares and rectangles highlighting various parts of her body and body features, with each box labeled with the accompanying body feature such as “tattoos”, “breasts”, “skin” and “leg hair”. The player is given no instructions on how they can interact with the piece, the only hint being the cursor changing into a hand, signaling that there is a link there.

  Through investigation, the player can then click on any of the twenty-one highlighted body parts where they are then taken to a different page which describes a story pertaining to that body part. If the player keeps looking, they will notice that there are some body parts that are labeled but that aren’t highlighted, such as “butt” and “tail”. There are some words like “butt” and “tail” that will take you to a “hidden” story about that body part, while there are others that once clicked on simply take you to the same page you are currently on. It seems as though every part of the woman’s body is labeled or highlighted except for her facial features, but if the player is curious enough to click on the forehead, ears, eyes, eyebrows, and mouth they will discover the most hidden stories.

  Jackson makes sure to describe the body parts that others sexualize of women, with intricate detail to desexualize her “feminine” features. Such descriptions include “my hips are narrow and hard like a boy’s” and “I left my leg hair unshaved all through high school. It was thick and sun-bleached…” (Jackson). By specifically including “unfeminine” details to typically “feminine” body parts, it can be seen that Jackson’s intentions are to steer the player’s mind away from the identity that society idealizes for a woman’s body. Jill Kestenberg, the author of Bounded by our Bodies: A Theoretical Essay on Female Identity and Gender Deconstruction, believes that a woman's body is looked at as the biggest part of her identity by society. "The representation of the female body in an always-patriarchal society has for the most part remained in the hands of male artists. In itself, the female form has usually been depicted as the idealized entity of male fantasy, a form to be gazed upon and desired" (Kestenberg). Jackson's representation of the female body is that of her own and she isn't scared to depict and describe herself as the nonideal image of a woman.
   

  
  Freddie Sanabria
• 1 2017-11-14T20:23:29-08:00 Design and Mechanics of "My Body" 5 plain 2017-11-14T21:12:22-08:00

  The mechanics of Jackson’s work adds to its meaningfulness by having all of the stories connected to each other, just like all the body parts are. Deeper in the work the player will find hypertext links within the story of the body parts which take you to a different body part. This mechanic of the work is vital to the player’s experience because it tempts them to explore every piece of the woman’s body and get to know every piece of her identity. Upon further investigation and rummaging through hyperlinks, the player can find stories that they wouldn’t have found without clicking through all of the links. This is reminiscent of figuring out someone’s identity because only by further investigation and curiosity can one find the hidden aspects of a person’s identity that isn’t obvious on the surface.
  
  The design of the game is also very important because it can give the players a different experience based off of which body parts they tend to choose. While those that quickly click on the woman’s private parts might expect something sensual, they’ll actually get the information they weren’t expecting such as the kind of books that have been inside of the author’s private parts. Others that actually want to know the author on a personal level can do so by clicking through all of the body parts and links within each one. Much like in real life, the way we look and know someone is by the aspects of their identity that we know, by only knowing a small part of their identity, we will have an image of them that is different than that of someone who knows much of their identity. Jackson uses such a mechanic and design of surfing through hyperlinks, not just because it is intriguing to do so, but because it resembles how a person’s identity can be revealed in real life.

   
  Freddie Sanabria