Title: Antigone's Claim
First published: 2000
Description: "Antigone, the renowned insurgent from Sophocle's Oedipus, has long been a feminist icon of defiance. But what has remained unclear is whether she escapes from the forms of power that she opposes. Antigone proves to be a more ambivalent figure for feminism than has been acknowledged, since the form of defiance she exemplifies also leads to her death. Butler argues that Antigone represents a form of feminist and sexual agency that is fraught with risk.

Moreover, Antignone shows how the constraints of normative kinship unfairly decide what will and will not be a liveable life."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Antigone (Greek mythology), Feminist theory, Philosophy, Kinship, Semiotics, Lacan, jacques, 1901-1981, RELIGION, Antiquities & Archaeology, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT, Spirituality, Paganism & Neo-Paganism, Antigone (mythologie), Incest, Verwantschap, Feminisme, Parenté, Philosophie, Théorie féministe, Hegel, georg wilhelm friedrich , 1770-1831, Irigaray, luce, Lacan, jacques , 1901-1981, Antigone, Kinship--philosophy, B2948 .b855 2000, 292.1/3
People: Jacques Lacan (1901-1981), Luce Irigaray (1930-), Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831)
LC classification: B2948 .B855 2000