The Straight Mind: And Other Essays
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (683 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807079170 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 132 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gem from a brilliant thinker. Lee Hall This book will forever redefine feminism for its readers.There are two threads: one political, the other literary commentary. Fortunately, Witting pulls the former into the latter. The astute and radical political critique in Wittig's book is uniquely powerful.Wittig addresses the question of how a movement is comprised of both group energy and individual experience. The theory, legacy. Five Stars Chris Eldredge excellent sevice. "Partly still thought-provoking, partly dated" according to monsieurw1. Dr. Wittig had so much anger, and had such a fight to fight. She seems excessive at times, or as though she is painting with such a broad brush, but writing such as this did win some important battles. No, things are not as dark as her wrath would suggest, or at least not anymore.
These political, philosophical, and literary essays mark the first collection of theoretical writing from the acclaimed novelist and French feminist writer Monique Wittig.
Ses essais (traduits et reunis des les annees 80 aux USA) ont eu une influence majeure sur le developpement international (et en particulier Americain) des etudes de genres et des etudes Queer.Son uvre litteraire (romans, theatre) est aussi singuliere que puissante. . Son engagement politique et critique dans les actions fondatrices du MLF est inseparable de son uvre litteraire et theorique. Suivront "Les G
Monique Wittig describes this collection as a focus on "lesbian materialism," in which she examines men and women as distinct classes rather than as "essentialist" categories. Sexism will continue to exist even in a society where all people have equal economic opportunities. -- From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Heather Downey. -- For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. Only by transforming our thought processes, and in turn, our language, can we transform our society into one in which there is no longer the dominant and the dominated: "In other words, this means there cannot any longer be women and men, and that as c