{"product_id":"sexual-subversions-three-french-feminists-9780043510728","title":"Sexual Subversions: Three French Feminists","description":"\u003cp\u003eSexual Subversions introduces the works of three well known  if not well-read  French feminists: Julia Kristeva  Luce Irigaray and Micele Le Doeuff. It provides a map of an area where there are few detailed discussion of the achievements of these difficult  yet immensely rewarding  writers. In doing so  this overview raises issues of general relevance to feminist research: it participates in debates around the nature of feminist theory  the relations feminist intellectuals have to male dominated knowledges  and the strategies appropriate for developing non patriarchal  autonomous or woman-centred knowledges. No book in French feminists would be complete without including the contributions of Kristeva and Irigaray. The inclusion of Le Deouffs work  which brings a different perspective to bear on the question of sexual difference  provides a counterbalance to literary appropriations of French feminism by Anglo-American readerships. Kristeva  Irigaray and Le Deouff are the focal points of this study  precisely because each highlights the differences of the others  revealing the frameworks to which the others are committed. Nevertheless  while these writers do not present a common political or theoretical position or form a school  each addresses the question of womens autonomy from male definition  affirms the sexual specificity of women  seeks out a femininity women can use to question the patriarchal norms and ideals of femininity and rejects the preordained positions patriarchy allots to women.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666169946165,"sku":"ByrdShop_0043510728","price":47.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780043510728.jpg?v=1782421436","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/sexual-subversions-three-french-feminists-9780043510728","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}