Sexual/textual politics : feminist literary theory / Toril Moi.
By: Moi, Toril
Series: New accentsPublisher: London : Routledge, 2002Edition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 221 p.; 20 cm001: 14583ISBN: 0415280125; 9780415280129; 0415280117; 9780415280112Subject(s): Feminist literary criticism | Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc | Feminism and literature | Women and literatureDDC classification: 801.95082 LOC classification: PN98.W64 | .M65 2002
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 801. 9508 MOI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 089199 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
What are the political implications of a feminist critical practice? How do the problems of the literary text relate to the priorities and perspectives of feminist politics as a whole?
Sexual/Textual Politics addresses these fundamental questions and examines the strengths and limitations of the two main strands in feminist criticism, the Anglo-American and the French, paying particular attention to the works of Cixous, Irigaray and Kristeva. In the years since publication this book has rightly attained the status of a classic. Written for readers with little knowledge of the subject, Sexual/Textual Politics nevertheless makes its own intervention into key debates, arguing provocatively for a commitedly political and theoretical criticism as against merely textual or apolitical approaches.
With a new afterword in this edition, Sexual/Textual Politics is a must-read for all those interested in feminist literary theory.
Previous ed.: London: Methuen, 1985.
Includes bibliography: p.[197]-210 and index.
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