Title: Maternal pasts, feminist futures
First published: 1998
Description: This book examines the relations among nostalgia, gender, and foundational philosophies through a critique of the lost mother as a ground for thinking about sexual difference. More specifically, the author critiques the nostalgic tendencies of feminist theory, arguing that an emancipatory system of thought must move beyond a maternally oriented structure.
Subjects: French literature, Mothers in literature, Nostalgia in literature, History and criticism, French literature, history and criticism, 20th century
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PQ305 .H84 1998