Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory (New Accents)

by Toril Moi

Paperback, 1985

Status

Available

Publication

Routledge (1985), Edition: New edition, Paperback, 224 pages

Description

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.… (more)

Physical description

224 p.; 5.25 x 0.5 inches

ISBN

0415029740 / 9780415029742

Local notes

literary studies

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