%0 Journal Article
%T Liebe/Inzest: Zur kulturellen Kodierung von Sexualit t Dargestellt am Beispiel von J. M. R. LenzĄŻ Kom die  Der neue Menoza
%A Patrice Djoufack
%J Studia Theodisca
%D 2012
%I Universit¨¤ degli Studi di Milano
%R 10.6092/1593-2478/2548
%X In his comedy  Der neue Menoza , J. M. R. Lenz uses a love story between an exotic prince and a young German woman to simulate and debate a form of sexuality which the Bible disqualifies as incestuous. Inscribing a theological exegesis of incest as intertext in his framework, Lenz demonstrates the possibility of shifting this biblical taboo. Taking this perspective as the starting point of my investigation, I regard incest as a cultural construction. In the light of two contemporary discourses, the article points at the abrogation of the incest taboo by means of a re-writing of the biblical prohibition to be a sensitive issue in the cultural debate on sexuality.
%U http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/StudiaTheodisca/article/view/2548