File spoon-archives/french-feminism.archive/french-fem_1995/french-fem_Sep.95, message 69


Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 01:17:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: Trudy Mercer <true-AT-u.washington.edu>
Subject: Background/Introductory readings


On Thu, 21 Sep 1995 sevans-AT-awinc.com wrote: > I have just joined this
list, in the hopes of learning more about french > feminism.  Before the
"reading" is set, I would appreciate if anyone could > reccommend some
general background/introductory readings on French > feminism before the
list takes off! > > Thank you > > Shaula Evans > sevans-AT-awinc.com >


Shaula, 

A book that I found helpful is Toril Moi's _Sexual/Texual Politics: 
Feminist Literary Theory_. She has chapters on Irigaray, Cixous & Kristeva
(as well as other feminists that are not French). Moi also edited a
collection called _French Feminist Thought: A Reader_ and _The Kristeva
Reader_, essays & excerpts of larger works. Margaret Whitford edited _The
Irigaray Reader_. I really enjoyed this because she has introductory
essays to the excerpts of Irigaray's work, plus a glossary of terms.

Shaula,
I think we both belong to a couple of the same e-discussion groups.
(Do you still belong to femisa--I unsubed, couldn't take the diversions 
any more. Is it back in focus now? Post me privately to spare ff our 
discussion.)

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Trudy Mercer			+     The self is not contained in any     + 
Seattle, Washington, USA 	+    moment or any place, but it is only   +   
true-AT-u.washington.edu		+  in the intersection of moment and place +
				+   that the self might, for a moment, be  +    
				+    seen vanishing through a door, which  +
				+            disappears at once.           + 
				+                      Jeanette Winterson  +
				+			Sexing The Cherry  +
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