[[Western Literary Forms]] [[Orality & Literacy]] The western concept of the love story holds within it boundaries. Boundaries on love, desire, who is allowed to love or be loved etc. As well as, objectification, vilification, etc. The Arc: White heterosexual male 'loves' the 'object'. Is it love? Is it desire for possession? This may cause them to become crazy, desperate to attain their object. >'If the boundary were to be truly dissolved, the site of desire would be erased. The Western story of desire, says Carson, is premised on self enclosure and love's subsequent assault on the enclosed.' - Elvia Wilk [[Wilk, Elvia (2022) Death By Landscape]] [[Objectification of Women & Nature]] >'A capitalist system requires that, like the natural world, bodies become resources, which requires creating boundaries between individuals.' - Elvia Wilk [[Wilk, Elvia (2022) Death By Landscape]] [[Objectification of Women & Nature]] ## Sources: -