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Technologies of Gender: Essays on Theory, Film, and Fiction (Theories of Representation and Difference) by De Lauretis, Teresa is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A collection of essays concerning the feminist perspective in relation to specific works of literature, criticism and film. Each essay provides an opportunity for the author to articulate a theoretical problem or engage in a debate about feminism and the limitations of "sexual difference". "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." —SubStanceThis 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 rew

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Author

De Lauretis, Teresa

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780253204417

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Literary Fiction, Science