In this original and highly accomplished study, first published in 1994, Marie Maclean studies the writings of social rebels and explores the relationship between their personal narratives and illegitimacy.
The case studies which Maclean examines fall into four groups:
those which stress alternative family structures and ‘female genealogies’ those which pair female illegitimacy and revolution those which question the deliberate refusal of the name of the father by the legitimate those which study the revenge of genius on the society which excludes it
Skilfully interweaving feminist theory, French literary criticism, social and cultural history, deconstruction and psychoanalytic theory, Maclean traces the place of these personal narratives of illegitimacy in history and their use in theory, from Elizabeth I to Freud, Sartre and Derrida.
The Name of the Mother will be of vital interest and importance to any student of critical theory, feminist philosophy, French or cultural studies.
By:
Marie Maclean
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781032265568
ISBN 10: 1032265566
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women and Writing
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 09 September 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Preface, 1. Performances of Exclusion, 2. Myth and Psychoanalysis: Legitimate and Illegitimate, 3. Mythical Histories, Historical Myths, 4. A Female Genealogy: The En-gendering of George Sand, 5. Opposition and Revolution: Olympe de Gouges and the Rights of the Dispossessed, 6. The Male/Female Messiah: Flora Tristan, 7. My Mother the Revolution: Louise Michel, 8. Symbolic Delegitimation, 9. ‘Better to Reign in Hell…’, 10. Delegitimation by Proxy, 11. Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index
