The portable Cixous / edited by Marta Segarra.
Cixous, Hélène, 1937-; Segarra, Marta.
2010
PQ2663.I9 A6 2010 (Mapit)
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Title The portable Cixous / edited by Marta Segarra.
Author Cixous, Hélène, 1937-
Uniform Title Works. Selections. English. 2010
ISBN 9780231145312 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0231145314 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780231145305 (alk. paper)
0231145306 (alk. paper)
Publication Details New York : Columbia University Press, c2010.
Language English
Description ix, 310 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number PQ2663.I9 A6 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 848/.91409
Summary Hélène Cixous is more than an influential theorist. She is also a groundbreaking author and playwright. Combining an idiosyncratic mix of autobiographical and fictional narrative with a host of philosophical and poetic observations, Cixous's writing matches the kaleidoscopic nature of her thought, offering new ways of conceptualizing sex, relationships, identity, and the self, among other topics. Yet, as Jacques Derrida once observed, a "profound misunderstanding" hangs over the accomplishments of Cixous, with many believing the intellectual excelled only at theoretical exploration. Providing a truly liberal selection of her writings from throughout her career, Marta Segarra rediscovers Cixous's acts of invention for a new generation to enjoy. Divided into thematic concerns, these works fully capture Cixous's genius for merging fiction, theory, and the experience of living. They discuss dreaming in the feminine, Algeria and Germany, love and the other, the animal, Derrida, and the theater. They defy classification, locking literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis into thrilling new patterns of engagement. Whether readers are familiar with Cixous or are approaching her thought for the first time, all will find fresh perspectives on gender, fiction, drama, philosophy, religion, and the postcolonial.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Segarra, Marta.
Series European perspectives.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Hélène Cixous : blood and language
Writing and dreaming the feminine. The laugh of the Medusa (1975)
Coming to writing (1976)
Tales of sexual difference (1990)
The origins : Algeria and Germany. A real garden (1971)
Osnabrück (1999)
Letter-beings and time (2007)
Love (and) the other. Lemonade everything was so infinite (1982)
Love of the wolf (1994)
On February 12, I committed an error (2005)
The animal. Dedication to the ostrich (1988)
Messiah (1996)
My three-legged dog (2000)
Derrida. Second skin (2001)
On Style (a question to H. Cixous and J. Derrida) (2004)
"Today" (2006)
The theatre of Hélène Cixous : rememberings, refashionings, and revenants / Judith G. Miller. The name of Oedipus : song of the forbidden body, twelfth movement (1979)
The Indiad or India of their dreams, act I, scene 2 (1988)
Rouen, the thirtieth night of May '31, vignette 4 : the trial (2001)
The blindfolded fiancée or Amelait, scenes 5 and 6 (2004).

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