Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory

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.

Author: Toril Moi
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 06/14/2002
Series: New Accents
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 7.83h x 5.07w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780415280129
2nd Edition