Technologies of Gender Essays on Theory, Film and Fiction |
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Author:
| De Lauretis, Teresa |
Series title: | Theories of Representation and Difference Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-253-35853-0 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1987 |
Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Technologies of Gender builds a bridge between the fashionable orthodoxies of academic theory (Lacan, Foucault, Derrida, et al.) and the frequently-marginalized contributions of feminist theory.... In sum, de Lauretis has written a book that should be required reading for every feminist in need of theoretical ammunition--and for every theorist in need of feminist enlightenment. --B. Ruby Rich... sets philosophical ideas humming.... she has much to say. --CineasteI can think of no other...
More DescriptionTechnologies of Gender builds a bridge between the fashionable orthodoxies of academic theory (Lacan, Foucault, Derrida, et al.) and the frequently-marginalized contributions of feminist theory.... In sum, de Lauretis has written a book that should be required reading for every feminist in need of theoretical ammunition--and for every theorist in need of feminist enlightenment. --B. Ruby Rich... sets philosophical ideas humming.... she has much to say. --CineasteI can think of no other work that pushes the debate on the female subject forward with such passion and intellectual rigor. --SubStanceThis book addresses the question of gender in poststructuralist theoretical discourse, postmodern fiction, and women's cinema. It examines the construction of gender both as representation and as self-representation in relation to several kinds of texts and argues that feminism is producing a radical rewriting, as well as a rereading, of the dominant forms of Western culture.