Descripción
"Technologies of Gender builds a bridge between the fashionable orthodoxies of academic theory (Lacan, Foucault, Derrida, et al.) and the frequently-marginalized contributions of feminist theory. . . . In sum, de Lauretis has written a book that should be required reading for every feminist in need of theoretical ammunition--and for every theorist in need of feminist enlightenment." --B. Ruby Rich
" . . . sets philosophical ideas humming. . . . she has much to say." --Cineaste
"I can think of no other work that pushes the debate on the female subject forward with such passion and intellectual rigor." --SubStance
This book addresses the question of gender in poststructuralist theoretical discourse, postmodern fiction, and women's cinema. It examines the construction of gender both as representation and as self-representation in relation to several kinds of texts and argues that feminism is producing a radical rewriting, as well as a rereading, of the dominant forms of Western culture.
Author: Teresa de Lauretis
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 11/22/1987
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.16w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9780253204417
ISBN10: 0253204410
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
About the Author
Teresa de Lauretis is Professor of the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her most recent books are Alice Doesn't: Feminism, Semiotics, Cinema and Feminist Studies/Critical Studies (ed.).
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