Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory
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...
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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.
General Editor's PrefacePrefaceAcknowledgmentsA Note on the TextIntroduction: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Feminist readings of Woolf1Pt. IAnglo-American feminist criticism1Two feminist classics212'Images of Women' criticism413Women writing and writing about women494Theoretical reflections69Pt. IIFrench feminist theory5From Simone de Beauvoir to Jacques Lacan896Helene Cixous: an imaginary utopia1007Patriarchal reflections: Luce Irigaray's looking-glass1268Marginality and subversion: Julia Kristeva149Afterword173Notes186References197Index211
