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The Newly Born Woman

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Published in France as Le jeune née in 1975, and found here in its first English translation, The Newly Born Woman is a landmark text of the modern feminist movement. In it, Hélène Cixous and Catherine Clément put forward the concept of écriture feminine, exploring the ways women’s sexuality and unconscious shape their imagination, their language, and their writing. Through their readings of historical, literary, and psychoanalytic accounts, Cixous and Clément explore what is hidden and repressed in culture, revealing the unconscious of history.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Release: June 16, 1986

ISBN: 0816614660

ISBN 13: 9780816614660

The Newly Born Woman

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Published in France as Le jeune née in 1975, and found here in its first English translation, The Newly Born Woman is a landmark text of the modern feminist movement. In it, Hélène Cixous and Catherine Clément put forward the concept of écriture feminine, exploring the ways women’s sexuality and unconscious shape their imagination, their language, and their writing. Through their readings of historical, literary, and psychoanalytic accounts, Cixous and Clément explore what is hidden and repressed in culture, revealing the unconscious of history.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press

Release: June 16, 1986

ISBN: 0816614660

ISBN 13: 9780816614660

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