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PublisherBeacon Press

ISBN-100807079170

ISBN-139780807079171

eBay Product ID (ePID)593024

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Book TitleStraight Mind : and Other Essays

Number of Pages132 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFeminism & Feminist Theory, Essays, Lgbt Studies / Lesbian Studies

Publication Year1992

GenrePhilosophy, Social Science

AuthorMonique. Wittig

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight5.6 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN91-018409

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"Wittig ( The Lesbian Body ) is a key figure in French feminism, perhaps the foremost theorist of a profoundly radical lesbianism. Half of the nine essays in this brief collection deal directly with the politics of gender, a battlefield on which Wittig has staked out a nearly unique position: "There is no sex. There is but sex that is oppressed and sex that oppresses.''...As a result, these ostensibly literary essays offer the most cogent statement of her political beliefs and, consequently, the most satisfying reading." --Publishers Weekly "Wittig most brilliantly analyzes certain transformations in the textures and structures of literary language. The wonderful image of the role of literature as a Trojan horse is a gem of clarity and wit." --Germaine Brée "At last it will be possible to have easy access to these provocative and important essays." --Elaine Marks, University of Wisconsin, editor of New French Feminisms, "Among the most provocative and compelling feminist political visions since The Second Sex . These essays represent the radical extension of de Beauvoir's theory, its unexpected lesbian future. Wittig's theoretical insights are both precise and far-reaching, and her theoretical style is bold, incisive, even shattering." --Judith Butler, Johns Hopkins University "Wittig most brilliantly analyzes certain transformations in the textures and structures of literary language. The wonderful image of the role of literature as a Trojan horse is a gem of clarity and wit." --Germaine Brée "At last it will be possible to have easy access to these provocative and important essays." --Elaine Marks, University of Wisconsin, editor of New French Feminisms

Dewey Decimal305.42/01

SynopsisThese political, philosophical, and literary essays mark the first collection of theoretical writing from the acclaimed novelist and French feminist writer Monique Wittig. "Among the most provocative and compelling feminist political visions since The Second Sex . These essays represent the radical extension of de Beauvoir's theory, its unexpected lesbian future. Wittig's theoretical insights are both precise and far-reaching, and her theoretical style is bold, incisive, even shattering." --Judith Butler, Johns Hopkins University, These political, philosophical, and literary essays mark the first collection of theoretical writing from the acclaimed novelist and French feminist writer Monique Wittig.

LC Classification NumberHQ1190.W58 1992