Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory

Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory

What are the political implications of a feminist critical practice? How do the problems of the literary text relate to the priorities and perspectives of feminist politics as a whole?<br><EM>Sexual/Textual Politics</EM> addresses these fundamental questions and examines the strengths and limitations of the two main strands in feminist criticism, the Anglo-American and the French, paying particular attention to the works of Cixous, Irigaray and Kristeva. In the years since publication this book has rightly attained the status of a classic. Written for readers with little knowledge of the subject, <EM>Sexual/Textual Politics</EM> nevertheless makes its own intervention into key debates, arguing provocatively for a commitedly political and theoretical criticism as against merely textual or apolitical approaches.<br>With a new afterword in this edition, <EM>Sexual/Textual Politics</EM> is a must-read for all those interested in feminist literary theory.