French Feminism Reader

by Oliver, Kelly; Beauvoir, Simone de; Doeuff, Michele Le; Delphy, Christine; Guillaumin, Colette; Wittig, Monique; Kristeva, Julia; Irigaray, Luce; Cixous, Helene

• ISBN13: 9780847697670
• ISBN10: 0847697673
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-26
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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

Table of Contents

Preface: French Feminism in an American Context	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
One Is Not Born a Woman / Simone de Beauvoir	1	(34)
Introduction to The Second Sex	6	(14)
The Mother	20	(7)
The Woman in Love	27	(8)
Beauvoir and Feminism / Michele Le Doeuff	35	(24)
Hipparchia's Choice	39	(20)
Sex and Gender / Christine Delphy	59	(18)
Rethinking Sex and Gender	63	(14)
Sex and Race Are Not Natural / Colette Guillaumin	77	(42)
Race and Nature: The System of Marks	81	(18)
The Question of Difference	99	(20)
A Lesbian Is Not a Woman / Monique Wittig	119	(34)
The Category of Sex	123	(5)
One Is Not Born a Woman	128	(8)
The Straight Mind	136	(8)
Homo Sum	144	(9)
Maternity, Feminism, and Language / Julia Kristeva	153	(48)
From One Identity to an Other	158	(8)
From Filth to Defilement	166	(10)
Motherhood [according to Giovanni Bellini]	176	(5)
Women's Time	181	(20)
There Are Two Sexes, Not One /Luce Irigaray	201	(52)
This Sex Which Is Not One	206	(5)
Women on the Market	211	(15)
An Ethics of Sexual Difference	226	(11)
Sexes and Genealogies: Each Sex Must Have Its Own Rights	237	(4)
Body against Body: In Relation to the Mother	241	(12)
Feminine Writing and Women's Difference / Helene Cixous	253	(44)
The Laugh of the Medusa	257	(19)
Castration or Decapitation?	276	(14)
Rootprints	290	(7)
Index	297	(16)
About the Editor	313