Sexual/Textual Politics
Feminist Literary Theory
2nd Edition
Published on 14. June 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-415-28012-9 (ISBN)
Description
What are the political implications of a feminist critical practice? How do the problems of the literary text relate to the priorities and perspectives of feminist politics as a whole?
Sexual/Textual Politics addresses these fundamental questions and examines the strengths and limitations of the two main strands in feminist criticism, the Anglo-American and the French, paying particular attention to the works of Cixous, Irigaray and Kristeva. In the years since publication this book has rightly attained the status of a classic. Written for readers with little knowledge of the subject, Sexual/Textual Politics nevertheless makes its own intervention into key debates, arguing provocatively for a commitedly political and theoretical criticism as against merely textual or apolitical approaches.
With a new afterword in this edition, Sexual/Textual Politics is a must-read for all those interested in feminist literary theory.
Sexual/Textual Politics addresses these fundamental questions and examines the strengths and limitations of the two main strands in feminist criticism, the Anglo-American and the French, paying particular attention to the works of Cixous, Irigaray and Kristeva. In the years since publication this book has rightly attained the status of a classic. Written for readers with little knowledge of the subject, Sexual/Textual Politics nevertheless makes its own intervention into key debates, arguing provocatively for a commitedly political and theoretical criticism as against merely textual or apolitical approaches.
With a new afterword in this edition, Sexual/Textual Politics is a must-read for all those interested in feminist literary theory.
Reviews / Votes
'This book exemplifies feminist theory-making at its rigorous best.' - Women's ReviewMore details
Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
276 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-28012-9 (9780415280129)
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Person
Toril Moi is James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies at Duke University, North Carolina. She is the author of several influential works on feminist theory, including What is a Woman?
Content
Introduction: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Feminist readings of Woolf; The rejection of Woolf; Rescuing Woolf for feminist politics: some points towards an alternative reading; PART I Anglo-American feminist criticism 1 Two feminist classics; Kate Millett; Mary Ellmann; 2 'Images of Women' criticism; 3 Women writing and writing about women; Towards a woman-centred perspective; 'Literary Women'; 'A Literature of Their Own'; 'The Madwoman in the Attic'; 4 Theoretical reflections; Annette Kolodny; Elaine Showalter; Myra Jehlen; PART II French feminist theory 5 From Simone de Beauvoir to Jacques Lacan; Simone de Beauvoir and Marxist feminism; French feminism after 1968; Jacques Lacan; 6 Helene Cixous: an imaginary utopia; Patriarchal binary thought; Difference; Ecriture feminine 1) masculinity, femininity, bisexuality; The gift and the proper; Ecriture feminine 2) the source and the voice; Imaginary contradictions; Power, ideology, politics 7 Patriarchal reflections: Luce Irigaray's looking-glass; Speculum; Specul(ariz)ation and mimeticism; Freud; Mysticism; The inexorable logic of the Same; Womanspeak: a tale told by an idiot? Idealism and ahistoricism 8 Marginality and subversion: Julia Kristeva; L'Etrangere; Kristeva and Anglo-American feminist linguistics; Sex differences in language use; Sexism in language; Language, femininity, revolution; The acquisition of language; Femininity as marginality; Feminism, Marxism, anarchism