Cixous, Irigaray, Kristeva: The Jouissance of French Feminism - Softcover

Ives, Kelly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1861714203 ISBN 13: 9781861714206

Publisher: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

CIXOUS, IRIGARAY, KRISTEVA THE JOUISSANCE OF FRENCH FEMINISM REVISED AND UPDATED, WITH NEW ILLUSTRATIONS This book is a poetic study of three French feminists, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva and Hélène Cixous, the 'holy trinity' of French feminism. Cixous, Lirigaray and Kristeva have created some of the most inspiring, insightful and illuminating writing on contemporary feminism and philosophy EXTRACT FROM THE INTRODUCTION: Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva all have different modes of writing. There are times when they are writing in the sober, tones of a cultural critic, philosopher or psychoanalyst. They have strident feminist voices (Cixous and Irigaray more than Kristeva). They are personal reminiscence modes. They have a relaxed, informal mode in interviews. And, most powerful of all, they have lyrical modes. Thus, Cixous, the most 'poetic' of the three, will break into a visionary, ultra-lyrical way of writing. Luce Irigaray, too, changes, less frequently than Hélène Cixous, from a critical to a lyrical form. Thus, in a piece such as “When Our Lips Speak Together”, Irigaray will write poetic sentences such as 'Kiss me. Two lips kiss two lips, and openness is ours again.' This is the kind of phrase which never appears in most cultural theorists outside of quotation marks. One doesn't find Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, Gilles Deleuze, Jean Baudrillard, Mikhail Bakhtin, Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes or Jean-Paul Sartre writing 'kiss me' very often. What marks Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva apart from many cultural theorists and philosophers, then, is this personal, confessional and poetic way of writing, where they directly address the reader as the other, the 'you' in an intimate relationship. Derrida, Foucault, Baudrillard, and Jakobson are rarely, if ever, this personal. The text has been revised and updated for this edition. Illustrated, with a revised text. European Writers Series. Bibliography and notes. 188pp. ISBN 9781861714213. Also available in hardback. www.crmoon.com AUTHOR’S NOTE: Kelly Ives writes: 'I hope to convey some the inspiration and excitement that their work instils. These three feminists/ philosophers/ speakers/ poets are extraordinarily enriching. Their writings are inspiring, and are they not limited to having one or two things to say. Rather, they say a lot, about a lot. Sometimes they write things that are outrageous, at other times they are incredibly, searingly poignant.' CONTENTS Abbreviations · 8 Preface · 15 PART ONE: FRENCH FEMINISM 1 Introductory Biographies · 21 2 French Feminist Poetics: The Issues of Feminist and Women’s Art · 33 3 French Feminism, Sexuality, and Sexual Difference · 53 PART TWO: CIXOUS, IRIGARAY, KRISTEVA 4 The Jouissance of Writing: Hélène Cixous · 75 5 “Kiss My Lips”: Luce Irigaray’s Philosophy of Sexual Difference · 95 6 Love, Abjection, Melancholy, Art, Love: Julia Kristeva’s Philosophy · 113 Illustrations · 147 Notes · 159 Bibliography · 167

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About the Author

KELLY IVES has written widely on feminism, philosophy and art. Her previous books include Cixous, Irigaray, Kristeva: The Jouissance of French Feminism, Julia Kristeva, Hélène Cixous and Wild Zones: Pornography, Art and Feminism.

Edition details

• Publisher: Crescent Moon Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1861714203
• ISBN 13: 9781861714206
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 192