Title: The "weak" subject
First published: 1997
Description: Focusing on the work of twentieth-century women playwrights, this book recuperates for feminism the notions of realism and mimesis, and proposes new readings of modern women's plays. It claims that modern women playwrights establish a new form of mimesis.

Drawing on theories of French feminist Luce Irigaray, the author calls this dramatic structure "labial mimesis," marks its difference from the traditional structure based on a male hero, and emphasizes its hospitality to the representation of trust, love, friendship, and erotic intimacy among women. She offers a fresh perspective in the lively debate about the viability of realism for feminist writing.
Subjects: Drama, History and criticism, Women authors, Mimesis in literature, Women and literature, Lesbianism in literature, Drama, history and criticism, 20th century, Drama, women authors, Women in literature
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PN1650.W65 A53 1998