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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785727103321

Autore

Schippers Birgit

Titolo

Julia Kristeva and feminist thought / / Birgit Schippers [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2011

ISBN

0-7486-7183-8

0-7486-4606-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 198 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

CI 5791

Disciplina

305.42092

Soggetti

Feminism in literature

Feminism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-191) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Kristeva and Feminism: A Critical Encounter -- 2. Crisis, Revolt, Intimacy -- 3. Corporeal Ethics: Between Violence and Forgiveness -- 4. The Singularity of Genius -- 5. Towards a Philosophy of Freedom?

Sommario/riassunto

This book appraises the relationship between contemporary feminism and Julia Kristeva  a major figure in Continental thought. It addresses the conflicting range of feminist responses to Kristeva's key ideas and Kristeva's equally conflicting as well as ambiguous position vis-a-vis feminism.