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Sexual/Textual Politics:

Feminist Literary Theory
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Taylor & Francis Group, 2002 - Literary Criticism - 221 pages
What are the political implications of a feminist critical practice? How do the problems of the literary text relate to the priorities and perspectives of feminist politics as a whole?
Sexual/Textual Politics addresses these fundamental questions and examines the strengths and limitations of the two main strands in feminist criticism, the Anglo-American and the French, paying particular attention to the works of Cixous, Irigaray and Kristeva. In the years since publication this book has rightly attained the status of a classic. Written for readers with little knowledge of the subject, Sexual/Textual Politics nevertheless makes its own intervention into key debates, arguing provocatively for a commitedly political and theoretical criticism as against merely textual or apolitical approaches.
With a new afterword in this edition, Sexual/Textual Politics is a must-read for all those interested in feminist literary theory.

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Review: Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory (New Accents)

User Review  - Emm - Goodreads

This text serves as a good introduction to anglo-american and french feminisms. Moi astutely and succinctly summarizes the arguments and styles of few feminists she chooses to discuss. I have used ... Read full review

Review: Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory (New Accents)

User Review  - Alex - Goodreads

Moi is a very fine writer who manages to achieve the near impossible by writing a primer on feminist theory that not only provides an invaluable overview of the main ideas and writers in the field in ... Read full review

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About the author (2002)

Toril Moi is James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies at Duke University, North Carolina. She is the author of several influential works on feminist theory, including What is a Woman?

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TitleSexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory
New Accents
AuthorToril Moi
Edition2, reprint, revised
PublisherTaylor & Francis Group, 2002
ISBN0415280117, 9780415280112
Length221 pages
Subjects › 

Literary Criticism / Feminist
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory
Literary Criticism / Women Authors
Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory
Social Science / Gender Studies
  
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