French feminist theory [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Dani Cavallaro

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777721103321
• Autore: Cavallaro Dani
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2003
• ISBN: 1-282-30959-5; 9786612309595; 1-4411-2350-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.4201
• Soggetti: Feminist theory - France; Feminism - France
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-198) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: French Feminist Theory: Backgrounds and Contexts; Chapter 2: Sexual and Gendered Identities; Chapter 3: Language and the Subject; Chapter 4: Patriarchal Institutions; Chapter 5: Writing and the Body; Chapter 6: Power, Race and the Stranger; Conclusion; Appendix: Anglo-American Connections; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: French Feminist Theory offers an introduction to the key concepts and themes in French feminist thought, both the materialist and the linguistic/psychoanalytic traditions. These are explored through the work of a wide range of theorists: Simone de Beauvoir, Chantal Chawaf, Helene Cixous, Catherine Clement, Christine Delphy, Marguerite Duras, Colette Guillaumin, Madeleine Gagnon, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, Nicole-Claude Mathieu, Michele Montreley, Monique Plaza, Paola Tabet and Monique Wittig. The book outlines the philosophical and political diversity of French feminism, setting developmen