Religion in French feminist thought : critical perspectives / edited by Morny Joy, Kathleen O'Grady, and Judith L. Poxon ; with an introduction by Luce Irigaray.
Companion to: French feminism on religion. Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-221) and index.
Contents:
On Luce Irigaray. Women and spirituality in the writings of Luce Irigaray -- Divining differences: Irigaray and religion -- Corporeality and divinity: Irigaray and the problem of the ideal -- Irigaray's Eastern explorations -- Divine women and the Nehanda mhondoro: strengths and limitations of the sensible transcendental in a post-colonial world of religious women. On Julia Kristeva. The tower and the chalice: Julia Kristeva and the story of Santa Barbara -- Our vital necessity: Julia Kristeva's theory of sacrifice -- 'Death, then, how could I yield to it?' Kristeva's mortal visions -- Kristeva's melancholia: not knowing how to lose. On Hélène Cixous and Catherine Clément. Mysticism, death and desire in the work of Hélène Cixous and Catherine Clément -- The theology of Hélène Cixous -- Paradise reconsidered: Hélène Cixous and the Bible's other voice. On Monique Wittig. Religion in the fiction of Monique Wittig.
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