French feminist theory : an introduction /

French feminist theory : an introduction /

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Author / Creator:	Cavallaro, Dani, 1962-
Imprint:	London ; New York : Continuum, ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 200 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Continuum collection. Continuum collection.
Subject:	Feminist theory -- France. Feminism -- France. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory. Feminism. Feminist theory. Feminismus France. Frankreich Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11280694

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ISBN:	9781441123503 1441123504 0826458858 0826458866 9780826458858 9780826458865 0826492452 9780826492456
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-198) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. 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 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Cavallaro, Dani. French feminist theory. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2003 0826458858 9780826458858

Table of Contents:

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.