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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. The contributors represent the two trends in French theory that have proven most useful to American feminists: social theory and psychoanalytic theory. Both of these trends move away from any traditional discussions of nature toward discussions of socially constructed notions of sex, sexuality and gender roles. While feminists interested in social theory focus on the ways in which social institutions shape these notions, feminists interested in psychoanalytic theory focus on cultural representations of sex, sexuality and gender roles, and the ways that they affect the psyche. This collection includes selections by Simone de Beauvoir, Christine Delphy, Colette Guilluamin, Monique Wittig, Michele Le Doeuff, Julia Kristeva, Luce Irigaray, and Helene Cixous.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 Preface: French Feminism in an American Context
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 One Is Not Born a Woman
Chapter 4 Beauvoir and Feminism
Chapter 5 Sex and Gender
Chapter 6 Sex and Race Are Not Natural
Chapter 7 A Lesbian Is Not A Woman
Chapter 8 Maternity, Feminism, and Language
Chapter 9 There Are Two Sexes, Not One
Chapter 10 Feminine Writing and Women's Difference
Chapter 11 Index
Chapter 12 About the Author
Über den Autor / die Autorin
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).
