How can a girl become a woman today -- an ethical woman and a
member of society -- without being either a victim or a
manipulator? Reflecting on this question, Juliet Flower MacCannell
takes us for the first time beyond the flawed models for "becoming
woman" left to us y Freud and Sade.
Having previously explored the logic of feminine sexuality,
MacCannell sets out in the Hysteric's Guide to locate an ethics of
the feminine. She does this by examining instances of the (often
hysterical) feminine confrontation with (usually perverse)
masculine subjects, confrontations that represent crucial scenes in
the constitution of female sexuality. Her study takes us into
Sadean ethics and the prescriptions of Freudian psychoanalysis;
post-Enlightenment colonialism; racism during and after World War
I; genocidal fascism in World War II; and the slowing of time and
generation during the Cold War.
MacCannell treats contemporary art, fiction, and theory,
considering works by Arendt, Angelou, Rousseau, Kant, Stendhal,
Kleist, Hitchcock, Atwood, Klein, Chodorow, Adorno, and Duras.
Ultimately, this book reasserts "becoming woman" as an issue that
has, until now, been denied for want of a feminine ethic relevant
to contemporary life.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
December 1999 |
| First published: |
December 1999 |
| Authors: |
Juliet Flower MacCannell
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 149 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
352 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8166-3296-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-8166-3296-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780816632961 |
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