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Series Information: Routledge Critical Thinkers
The Spanish Communist exile and Francophone Holocaust writer Jorge
Semprun (1923-) is a major contributor to contemporary debates on
the politics and ethics of remembering the Franco era, Communism
and the Holocaust in French, Spanish and broader European contexts.
His sophisticated literary testimonies have become landmark texts
not least for their commitment to represent the lived experience of
history. In this first detailed study in English of Jorge Semprun s
writing, Ursula Tidd shows how Semprun explores the parameters of
self-writing as an address to the other in a richly intertextual
corpus which weaves together history, fiction and
auto/bio/thanatography, and gives voice to the traumatic
experiences of geographical and political exile and concentration
camp internment. Ursula Tidd is Senior Lecturer in French Studies
at the University of Manchester, UK."
Simone de Beauvoir's groundbreaking work has transformed the way we think about gender and identity. Without her 1949 text The Second Sex, gender theory as we know it today would be unthinkable. A leading figure in French existentialism, Beauvoir's concepts of 'becoming woman' and of woman as 'Other' are among the most influential ideas in feminist enquiry and debate. This book guides the reader through the main areas of Simone de Beauvoir's thought, including: *existentialism and ethics *gender studies and feminism *literature and autobiography *sexuality, the body and ageing Drawing upon Beauvoir's literary and theoretical texts, this is the ideal introduction to her thought for students on a range of course including literature, cultural studies, gender, philosophy and modern languages.
Simone de Beauvoir's work has not often been associated with film
studies, which appears paradoxical when it is recognized that she
was the first feminist thinker to inaugurate the concept of the
gendered 'othering' gaze. This book is an attempt to redress this
balance and reopen the dialogue between Beauvoir's writings and
film studies. The authors analyse a range of films, from directors
including Claire Denis, Michael Haneke, Lucille Hadzihalilovic, Sam
Mendes, and Sally Potter, by drawing from Beauvoir's key works such
as The Second Sex (1949), The Ethics of Ambiguity (1947) and Old
Age (1970).
Simone de Beauvoir's work has not often been associated with film
studies, which appears paradoxical when it is recognized that she
was the first feminist thinker to inaugurate the concept of the
gendered 'othering' gaze. This book is an attempt to redress this
balance and reopen the dialogue between Beauvoir's writings and
film studies. The authors analyse a range of films, from directors
including Claire Denis, Michael Haneke, Lucille Hadzihalilovic, Sam
Mendes, and Sally Potter, by drawing from Beauvoir's key works such
as The Second Sex (1949), The Ethics of Ambiguity (1947) and Old
Age (1970).
This book examines the contemporary situation of women in France
and makes an essential contribution to the growing
interdisciplinary interest in la condition feminine. It addresses
both mainstream issues - such as women's paid and unpaid work,
women in politics with particular reference to the current parity
debates, leisure and contemporary women's writing - as well as
under-represented areas, namely women in rural France, immigrant
and exiled women and the situation of lesbians.
Authors examine the problems facing women at home and at work and
critically assess the policy initiatives to combat unemployment,
occupation segregation and pay inequality. Despite their high
levels of activity in employment, French women still shoulder the
burden of domestic work, child rearing and care for relatives and
there are many areas of political representation where they are
notable for their absence. Leading experts survey leisure practices
and language - fascinating indicators for social roles, power
relations and gender differences - and provide us with new insights
into the position of women, whether in rural France, the media or
immigrant and exile communities.
This interdisciplinary book is suitable for both specialists
seeking information within a specific area of gender studies and
non-specialists seeking a general overview of women's situation in
contemporary metropolitan France and will therefore appeal to a
wide range of readers across humanities and social sciences.
This book examines the contemporary situation of women in France
and makes an essential contribution to the growing
interdisciplinary interest in la condition feminine. It addresses
both mainstream issues - such as women's paid and unpaid work,
women in politics with particular reference to the current parity
debates, leisure and contemporary women's writing - as well as
under-represented areas, namely women in rural France, immigrant
and exiled women and the situation of lesbians. Authors examine the
problems facing women at home and at work and critically assess the
policy initiatives to combat unemployment, occupation segregation
and pay inequality. Despite their high levels of activity in
employment, French women still shoulder the burden of domestic
work, child rearing and care for relatives and there are many areas
of political representation where they are notable for their
absence. Leading experts survey leisure practices and language -
fascinating indicators for social roles, power relations and gender
differences - and provide us with new insights into the position of
women, whether in rural France, the media or immigrant and exile
communities.This interdisciplinary book is suitable for both
specialists seeking information within a specific area of gender
studies and non-specialists seeking a general overview of women's
situation in contemporary metropolitan France and will therefore
appeal to a wide range of readers across humanities and social
sciences.
This is a full-length study exploring Simone de Beauvoir's
autobiographical and biographical writings in the context of ideas
on selfhood formulated in Le deuxieme sexe and her other
philosophical essays of the 1940s. Drawing on more recent work in
autobiographical studies and working within a broadly Foucauldian
framework, Ursula Tidd offers a detailed analysis of Beauvoir's
auto/biographical strategy as a woman writer seeking to write
herself into the male-constructed autobiographical canon. Tidd
first analyses Beauvoir's notions of selfhood in her philosophical
essays, and then discusses her four autobiographical and two
biographical volumes, along with some of her unpublished diaries,
in an attempt to explore notions of selectivity, and the politics
of truth-production and reception. The study concludes that
Beauvoir's vast auto/biographical project, situated in specific
personal and historical contexts, can be read as shaped by a
testimonial obligation rooted in a productive consciousness of the
Other.
This is a full-length study exploring Simone de Beauvoir's
autobiographical and biographical writings in the context of ideas
on selfhood formulated in Le deuxieme sexe and her other
philosophical essays of the 1940s. Drawing on more recent work in
autobiographical studies and working within a broadly Foucauldian
framework, Ursula Tidd offers a detailed analysis of Beauvoir's
auto/biographical strategy as a woman writer seeking to write
herself into the male-constructed autobiographical canon. Tidd
first analyses Beauvoir's notions of selfhood in her philosophical
essays, and then discusses her four autobiographical and two
biographical volumes, along with some of her unpublished diaries,
in an attempt to explore notions of selectivity, and the politics
of truth-production and reception. The study concludes that
Beauvoir's vast auto/biographical project, situated in specific
personal and historical contexts, can be read as shaped by a
testimonial obligation rooted in a productive consciousness of the
Other.
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