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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787456703321

Autore

Damlé Amaleena

Titolo

The becoming of the body : contemporary women's writing in French

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-4744-0092-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 214 pages)

Collana

Crosscurrents The becoming of the body

Disciplina

840.99287

Soggetti

French literature - Women authors - History and criticism

Philosophy, French

Romance Literatures

Languages & Literatures

French Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Following a long tradition of objectification, 20th-century French feminism often sought to liberate the female body from the confines of patriarchal logos and to inscribe its rhythms in writing. Amaleena Damlé addresses questions of bodies, boundaries and philosophical discourses by exploring the intersections between a range of contemporary philosophers and authors on the subject of contemporary female corporeality and transformation.