Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory - Softcover

Moi, Toril

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415280125 ISBN 13: 9780415280129

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Toril Moi is James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies at Duke University, North Carolina. She is the author of several influential works on feminist theory, including What is a Woman?

Review:

'Neither a purely objective documentary nor a narrowly sectarian polemic ... this book exemplifies feminist theory-making at its rigorous best.' - Women's Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0415280125
• ISBN 13: 9780415280129
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 246