In This Sex Which Is Not One, Luce Irigaray elaborates on some
of the major themes of Speculum of the Other Woman, her landmark
work on the status of woman in Western philosophical discourse and
in psychoanalytic theory. In eleven acute and widely ranging
essays, Irigaray reconsiders the question of female sexuality in a
variety of contexts that are relevant to current discussion of
feminist theory and practice.
Among the topics she treats are the implications of the thought
of Freud and Lacan for understanding womanhood and articulating a
feminine discourse; classic views on the significance of the
difference between male and female sex organs; and the experience
of erotic pleasure in men and in women. She also takes up
explicitly the question of economic exploitation of women; in an
astute reading of Marx she shows that the subjection of woman has
been institutionalized by her reduction to an object of economic
exchange. Throughout Irigaray seeks to dispute and displace
male-centered structures of language and thought through a
challenging writing practice that takes a first step toward a
woman's discourse, a discourse that would put an end to Western
culture's enduring phallocentrism.
Making more direct and accessible the subversive challenge of
Speculum of the Other Woman, this volume skillfully translated by
Catherine Porter (with Carolyn Burke) will be essential reading for
anyone seriously concerned with contemporary feminist issues."
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