French Feminism Reader - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0847697673 ISBN 13: 9780847697670

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

French Feminism Reader is a collection of essays representing the authors and issues from French theory most influential in the American context. The book is designed for use in courses, and it includes illuminating introductions to the work of each author. These introductions include biographical information, influences and intellectual context, major themes in the author's work as a whole, and specific introductions to the selections in this volume. This collection includes selections by Simone de Beauvoir, Christine Delphy, Colette Guilluamin, Monique Wittig, Michele Le Doeuff, Julia Kristeva, Luce Irigaray, and Helene Cixious.

About this title

About the Author:

Kelly Oliver is associate professor of philosophy and women's studies at SUNY, Stony Brook. She is the author of Subjectivity Without Subjects: From Abject Fathers to Desiring Mothers (1998), Family Values: Subjects Between Nature and Culture (1997), and Womanizing Nietzsche: Philosophy's Relation to "the Feminine" (1995).

Review:

A useful volume with careful and detailed introduction to each extract. (Times Literary Supplement)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0847697673
• ISBN 13: 9780847697670
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Oliver Kelly