Thinking Through the Body by Jane Gallop

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Summary

Moving between a theoretical and confessional stance, Gallop explores Sade's relation to mothers both in his novels and his life; Barthe's The Pleasure of the Text; Freud's work, read not as a psychological text but as a literary endeavor and from a woman's point of view; and Luce Irigarary's famous This Sex Which Is Not One.

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Thinking Through the Body by Jane Gallop

From one of our most outspoken feminist critics, this collection explores various ways in which the body can be rethought of as a site of knowledge rather than as a medium to move beyond or dominate. Moving between a theoretical and confessional stance, Gallop explores Sade's relation to mothers both in his novels and his life; Barthe's The Pleasure of the Text; Freud's work, read not as a psychological text but as a literary endeavor and from a woman's point of view; and Luce Irigarary's famous This Sex Which Is Not One.
Jane Gallop is the author of Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment.
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ISBN 13 9780231066112
ISBN 10 0231066112
Title Thinking Through the Body
Author Jane Gallop
Series Gender And Culture Series
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Columbia University Press
Year published 1990-07-06
Number of pages 180
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.