Language and sexual difference : feminist writing in France

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Language and sexual difference : feminist writing in France

Susan Sellers

(Women in society)

Macmillan, 1991

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-190) and index

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780333449431

Description

'Sellers's book is consistently lucid and enjoyable to read. She offers helpful introductions to a range of complex and sophisticated theoretical discourses, whilst...avoiding the pitfalls of over simplification...Required reading for anyone with an interest in (French) women's writing.' - Alex Hughes, Modern Languages Review 'Language and Sexual Difference provides a lucid and cogent account of 'French feminism' for non-French speaking readers...a fascinating and comprehensive guide to a complex and highly theoretical body of thought' An accessible introduction to French feminist theory and contemporary French women's writing for non-French speakers. The book offers a context to this challenging, controversial body of work by giving clear accounts of the philosophical, post-structural and psychoanalytic debates which have had such an impact on French intellectual life in recent years, and to which French feminist writers offer a response.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Women and Language - The (Feminine) Unconscious - Theories of Sexual Difference - A Woman's Language? - Towards an ' criture F minine' - Conclusion
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780333449448

Description

An accessible introduction to French feminist theory and contemporary French women's writing for non-French speakers. The book offers a context to this challenging, controversial body of work by giving clear accounts of the philosophical, post-structural and psychoanalytic debates which have had such an impact on French intellectual life in recent years, and to which French feminist writers offer a response.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Women and Language.- The (Feminine) Unconscious.- Theories of Sexual Difference.- A Woman's Language?.- Towards an ' criture F minine'.- Conclusion.

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