num_pages: 188
description: Published in France as La jeune née in 1975, and found here in its first English translation, The Newly Born Woman is a landmark text of the modern feminist movement. In it, Hélène Cixous and Catherine Clément put forward the concept of écriture feminine, exploring the ways women’s sexuality and unconscious shape their imaginary, their language, and their writing. Through their readings of historical, literary, and psychoanalytic accounts, Cixous and Clément explore what is hidden and repressed in culture, revealing the unconscious of history.
language: English
title: The Newly Born Woman
titlecomplete: The Newly Born Woman
genres: Feminism, France, Philosophy, Gender, Feminist Theory, Writing, Nonfiction, Theory, Academic, Womens
ratings_count: 289
publisher: Manchester University Press