The becoming of the body : contemporary women's writing in French /

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A critical investigation of contemporary statements of the female body in French literature and philosophy. Following a long tradition of objectification, 20th-century French feminism often sought to liberate the female body from the confines of patriarchal logos and to inscribe its rhythms in writi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Damlé, Amaleena (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
Colección:Crosscurrents (Edinburgh University Press)
Temas:
French literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Philosophy, French.
Philosophie française.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
French literature > Women authors
Philosophy, French
Romance Literatures.
Languages & Literatures.
French Literature.
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The orchid, the wasp and the text : encountering bodily becoming through Deleuze and Feminism
  • 2. Making a body without organs : Amélie Nothomb's an-organic flux of immanence
  • 3. Becoming otherwise : the transformative encounter in Ananda Devi's writing
  • 4. The flux and folds of consciousness : Marie Darrieussecq's literature of simulation and dispersal
  • 5. Nomadic vitalities : becoming beyond boundaries in Nina Bouraoui's writing.

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