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The Tongue Snatchers (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R796
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The Tongue Snatchers (Paperback, New Ed): Claudine Herrmann

The Tongue Snatchers (Paperback, New Ed)

Claudine Herrmann; Translated by Nancy Kline; Introduction by Nancy Kline

Series: European Women Writers

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Claudine Herrmann became famous in France with he publication of "Les Voleuses de langue" in 1976. Her much-quoted book is now recognized as a modern classic of feminist literary criticism. Nancy Kline's welcome English translation captures the clarity and passion of observations that go beyond books to boudoirs and boardrooms.

Herrmann charges that language is the fundamental means by which women are oppressed. Their education forces them to parrot masculine discourse, often gets them dismissed as chatterboxes, and silences their real lives. Women who desire to express themselves creatively are obliged to "steal" language or to invent one of their own. Based on readings of major texts in literature, philosophy, and the social sciences, "The Tongue Snatchers" illuminates how men and women differ in their experiences of words, work, space, time, love, and sexuality.

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Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: European Women Writers
Release date: 1991
First published: 1991
Authors: Claudine Herrmann
Translators: Nancy Kline
Introduction by: Nancy Kline
Dimensions: 229 x 133 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages: 145
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-7252-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
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LSN: 0-8032-7252-9
Barcode: 9780803272521

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