Medusa's Laugh
$21.25
- Paperback
80 pages
- Release Date
16 February 2027
Summary
Write! Writing is for you, you are for you, your body is for you, take it.
First published in 1975, Medusa’s Laugh represented a defining moment for French feminism. In this landmark essay, feminist theorist and philosopher Hélène Cixous coined the term écriture féminine (or ‘feminine writing’). Allowing women to claim authority in the face of systematic oppression, she imagines this new mode of writing to be defined by a generous, open attitude to otherness…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241776223 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241776228 |
| Author: | Hélène Cixous, Eric Prenowitz |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 16 February 2027 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 111mm x 181mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Hélène Cixous
Born in Oran, Algeria, in 1937, Hélène Cixous is a major figure in French literature, feminist theory, and thought. In 1969, her debut novel Dedans won the prestigious Prix Médicis. However, she is best known for her seminal 1975 essay Le Rire de la Méduse (Medusa’s Laugh), which is one of the most frequently read, quoted, and translated works of second-wave French feminism. Her concept of écriture féminine (‘feminine writing’) encourages women to explore the possibilities and freedoms of their sexual identity. She has been a professor of literature and literary theory since the 1960s and, in 1974, she co-founded Europe’s first doctoral program in Women’s Studies.
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