num_pages: 208
description: " . . . Fraser and Bartky have brought the encounter between U.S. and French feminism to a new level of seriousness." ―EthicsIn the last decade, elements of French feminist discourse have permeated and transformed the larger feminist culture in the United States. This volume is the first sustained attempt to revalue French feminism and answer the What has been gained and what has been lost as a result of this intercultural encounter?Interviews with Simone de Beauvoir open the book; essays by French feminists Sarah Kofman and Luce Irigaray follow; the North American contributors are Judith Butler, Nancy Fraser, Diana J. Fuss, Nancy J. Holland, Eleanor H. Kuykendall, Dorothy Leland, Diana T. Meyers, Andrea Nye, and Margaret A. Simons.
language: English
title: Revaluing French Feminism: Critical Essays on Difference, Agency, and Culture
titlecomplete: Revaluing French Feminism: Critical Essays on Difference, Agency, and Culture (A Hypatia Book)
genres: Philosophy, Feminism
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Indiana University Press