1672 Pages
by Routledge

Although at times criticized for its philosophical density, French cultural theory remains a flourishing, if highly contested, area of academic study. Four feminist thinkers in this tradition continue to be especially prominent: Simone de Beauvoir, Julia Kristeva, Hélène Cixous, and Luce Irigaray. This new collection from Routledge gathers together the very best secondary literature on these... Read more

Volume 1: Simone De Beauvoir  Part 1: The Uneasy Alliance Between The Second Sex and the US Feminist Movement  Part 2: While We Wait for a Better English Translation of The Second Sex  Part 3: The Foundations of Sexual Difference  Part 4: Was De Beauvoir a Philosopher?  Part 5: Situating de Beauvoir’s Relationship to Phenomenology  Part 6: De Beauvoir’s Critique of Traditional Marriage  Volume 2: Helene Cixous  Part 7: Early Criticism  Part 8: Writing and Sexual Difference  Part 9: How to Read Hélène Cixous  Part 10: Autobiography and Exile  Part 11: Scopophilia and the Theatre  Part 12: Lesbianism  Volume 3: Luce Irigaray  Part 13: Early Criticism  Part 14: Revisiting Essentialism  Part 15: The Body, the Psyche, and Oriented Sexes  Part 16: Mimesis, Politics, and the Law  Part 17: Divine Possibilities  Volume 4: Julia Kristeva  Part 18: The US Construction of ‘French Feminism’  Part 19: The (Im)possibility of ‘Woman’ as Speaking Subject  Part 20: The Uses and Abuses of Julia Kristeva’s Work for Feminist Politics  Part 21: The Return of the Maternal Body in Philosophy  Part 22: Kristeva and the Polis

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Jennifer Hansen, Ann Cahill