From: AmyBero-AT-aol.com Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 21:51:12 -0500 Subject: Re: sphinxes in f-f Beth, I am not certain that this information will be helpful but perhaps to contextualize Miller's work you could look at Leonor Fini's (1918-1996) paintings wherein the sphinx serves as leitmotif (also, the sphinx in her paintings resembles the artist herself thus indicating a collusion between the mythological and the personal--similar to Miller??). Another interesting references about the sphinx--Otto Rank called the sphinx "the woman with a penis(!)" Also if you are interested in theorizations regarding the hybridized body--you might want to look at the writings of Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel who writes about the hybrid or composite being as a perversion (see Susan Suleiman, "Subversive Intent: Gender, Politics, and the Avant-Garde"). Finally, you may want to look at Cixous' The Laugh of the Medusa for some insights. Good luck. Amy Bero --- from list french-feminism-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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