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Beyond Feminist Aesthetics has a dual focus. First, Rita Felski gives a critical account of current American and European feminist literary theory, and second, she offers an analysis of contemporary fiction by women, drawing in particular on the genres of the autobiographical confession and the novel of self-discovery, in order to show that this literature raises questions for feminism that cannot be answered in terms of a purely gender based analysis. Felski argues that the idea of a feminist aesthetic is a nonissue that feminists have needlessly pursued; she suggests, in contrast, that it is impossible to speak of “masculine” and “feminine,” “subversive” and “reactionary” literary forms in isolation from the social conditions of their production and reception. The political value of such works of literature from the standpoint of feminism can be determined only by an investigation of their social functions and effects in relation to the interests of women in a particular historical context. This leads her to argue for an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of literature which can integrate literary and social theory, and to develop such an approach by drawing upon the model of a feminist counter-public sphere. Rita Felski has produced a closely reasoned, stimulating book that creates a new framework for discussing the relationship between literature and feminist politics. It will interest students and teachers of women’s studies, comparative literature, cultural studies, and fiction.
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En 1622, Marie de Gournay réfute la thèse de la soi-disant infériorité ou supériorité d'un sexe par rapport à l'autre. Ses prises de position dans l'Egalité des hommes et des femmes et Grief des dames, déchaînèrent contre elle la fureur de ses contemporains qui défendaient depuis des siècles que la différence naturelle des sexes justifiait le statut d'infériorité des femmes.
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Etude socio-historique des comportements sexuels de la femme au Québec sur une période de vingt ans. Les trois premiers chapitres traitent de la norme sociale qui s'impose aux femmes par rapport à la maternité et à la sexualité. Le reste concerne diverses formes de déviance sociale par rapport à trois catégories de comportements : le refus de la maternité (contraception, avortement, infanticide, abandon d'enfants); la maternité en dehors du mariage (mères célibataires); la sexualité commercialisée (prostitution).
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"" ... Methodologically innovative ... precise and perceptive and conscious ... ""--Text and Performance Quarterly""Woman, Native, Other is located at the juncture of a number of different fields and disciplines, and it genuinely succeeds in pushing the boundaries of these disciplines further. It is one of the very few theoretical attempts to grapple with the writings of women of color.""--Chandra Talpade Mohanty""The idea of Trinh T. Minh-ha is as powerful as her films ... formidable ... ""--Village Voice"" ... its very forms invite the reader to participate in the effort to understand how language