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Paperback. Neuter summarizes H#le=ene Cixous's early concerns - self, language, meaning, relations, #criture feminine - by laying bare metaphors, incorporating existing material, and developing text by association, fragmentation, and play on signifiers. Translator(s): Birden, Lorene M. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 213.
Neuter summarizes H#&233;lène Cixous's early concerns - self, language, meaning, relations, #&233;criture feminine - by laying bare metaphors, incorporating existing material, and developing text by association, fragmentation, and play on signifiers. Its "substance" is nebulous; its woven structure determines the presence and function of all its elements and expresses Cixous's guiding philosophy. Neuter's goal is to transform the narratives, myths, and discourses that mold our selves, provoking a revelation through new juxtapositions of the self with all others or new relations. The title reflects both Cixous's focus on language and her attempt to free us from sexual preconceptions. Neuter was ... Read more
Neuter summarizes H#&233;lène Cixous's early concerns - self, language, meaning, relations, #&233;criture feminine - by laying bare metaphors, incorporating existing material, and developing text by association, fragmentation, and play on signifiers. Its "substance" is nebulous; its woven structure determines the presence and function of all its elements and expresses Cixous's guiding philosophy. Neuter's goal is to transform the narratives, myths, and discourses that mold our selves, provoking a revelation through new juxtapositions of the self with all others or new relations. The title reflects both Cixous's focus on language and her attempt to free us from sexual preconceptions. Neuter was ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
143
Condition
New
Number of Pages
143
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611482133
SKU
V9781611482133
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About Helene Cixous
H#&233;l#&232;ne Cixous is an author, theorist, and critic whose theoretical works are widely read; her prose fiction, however, is both highly experimental and heavily grounded in its original languages. Lorene Birden is a literary researcher and translator. Drawing on studies to degrees in French, Russian, and English literature, she has focused on nineteenth and twentieth-century prose fiction, producing studies ... Read more
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