In This Sex Which Is Not One, Luce Irigaray elaborates on some of the major themes of Speculum of the Other Woman, her landmark work on the status of woman in Western philosophical discourse and in psychoanalytic theory. In eleven acute and widely ranging essays, Irigaray reconsiders the question of female sexuality in a variety of contexts that are relevant to current discussion of feminist theory and practice.
Among the topics she treats are the implications of the thought of Freud and Lacan for understanding womanhood and articulating a feminine discourse; classic views on the significance of the difference between male and female sex organs; and the experience of erotic pleasure in men and in women. She also takes up explicitly the question of economic exploitation of women; in an astute reading of Marx she shows that the subjection of woman has been institutionalized by her reduction to an object of economic exchange. Throughout Irigaray seeks to dispute and displace male-centered structures of language and thought through a challenging writing practice that takes a first step toward a woman's discourse, a discourse that would put an end to Western culture's enduring phallocentrism.
Making more direct and accessible the subversive challenge of Speculum of the Other Woman, this volume-skillfully translated by Catherine Porter (with Carolyn Burke)-will be essential reading for anyone seriously concerned with contemporary feminist issues.
By:
Luce Irigaray
Translated by:
Catherine Porter,
Carolyn Burke,
Carolyn Burke
Imprint: FOOTPRINT BOOKS
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780801493317
ISBN 10: 0801493315
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 10 May 1985
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"1. The Looking Glass, from the Other Side 2. This Sex Which Is Not One 3. Psychoanalytic Theory: Another Look 4. The Power of Discourse and the Subordination of the Feminine 5. Cosi Fan Tutti 6. The ""Mechanics"" of Fluids 7. Questions 8. Women on the Market 9. Commodities among Themselves 10. ""Frenchwomen,"" Stop Trying 11. When Our Lips Speak Together Publisher's Note and Notes on Selected Terms"
Reviews for This Sex Which Is Not One
This Sex is complex, readable, and worth the effort it takes to make it part of what you know. It is a valuable step in disrupting phallic discourse and jamming the theoretical machinery itself. Perspectives (Vol. 6, 1986)
