Title The other woman : feminism and femininity in the work of Marguerite Duras / Trista Selous

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, 1988

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Description 1 online resource (260 pages) Contents The problem of femininity -- Writing the feminine -- The Freudian view -- Redressing the balance -- The Lacanians -- Lacan and femininity -- 'The ruin of representation' -- 'Woman-speak' -- Femaleness, femininity and feminism -- The female and the feminine -- Psychoanalysis and politics -- The blanks -- The lost moment -- The withering away of character -- Symbolism -- 'Seamless' discourse -- What does the reader want? -- The author's desire -- The text as fetish -- The return of the familiar -- Was will das weib? -- The woman figures -- The power of the woman -- Was das weib will -- Sexual desire -- Motherhood -- The missing father -- Order, chaos and subversive details Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-258) and index Notes Print version record Subject Duras, Marguerite -- Characters -- Women Duras, Marguerite Duras, Marguerite 1914-1996 Duras, Marguerite, (1914-1996) -- Critique et interprétation. Duras, Marguerite, (1914-1996) -- Psychologie. Duras, Marguerite. Duras, Marguerite. Feminism in literature Sex role in literature Women in literature Frans. Romans. Vrouwen. Feminism in literature. Femmes -- Dans la littérature. Féminisme -- Dans la littérature. Féminité (psychologie) -- dans la littérature française. Frau Motiv Frauenbewegung Frauenliteratur Heldin LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature française. Sex role in literature. Weiblichkeit Women in literature. Form Electronic book LC no. 88005744 ISBN 0300242301 9780300242300

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