French feminist theory an introduction

Cavallaro, Dani 1962- (Author).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780826458865 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780826458858
ISBN: 0826458866 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0826458858
ISBN: 1441123504 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781441123503 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 200 p.)
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electronic resource
Publisher: London ; New York : Continuum, c2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatBulkString:sept.20.12 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-198) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	French feminist theory: backgrounds and contexts -- Sexual and gendered identities -- Language and the subject -- Patriarchal institutions -- Writing and the body -- Power, race and the stranger.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.