TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - This sex which is not one A1 - Irigaray, Luce LA - eng PP - Ithaca (N.Y.) PB - Cornell University Press YR - 1985 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/vaari.1868255 AB - In This Sex Which Is Not One, Luce Irigaray elaborates on some of the major themes of Speculum of the Other Woman, her landmark work on the status of woman in Western philosophical discourse and in psychoanalytic theory. In eleven acute and widely ranging essays, Irigaray reconsiders the question of female sexuality in a variety of contexts that are relevant to current discussion of feminist theory and practice. Among the topics she treats are the implications of the thought of Freud and Lacan for understanding womanhood and articulating a feminine discourse; classic views on the significance of the difference between male and female sex organs; and the experience of erotic pleasure in men and in women. She also takes up explicitly the question of economic exploitation of women; in an astute reading of Marx she shows that the subjection of woman has been institutionalized by her reduction to an object of economic exchange. Throughout Irigaray seeks to dispute and displace male-centered structures of language and thought through a challenging writing practice that takes a first step toward a woman's discourse, a discourse that would put an end to Western culture's enduring phallocentrism. Making more direct and accessible the subversive challenge of Speculum of the Other Woman, this volume - skillfully translated by Catherine Porter (with Carolyn Burke) - will be essential reading for anyone seriously concerned with contemporary feminist issues. SN - 0-8014-9331-5 nidottu SN - 0-8014-1546-2 sidottu KW - Women and psychoanalysis. KW - Sex (Psychology) KW - Femininity (Philosophy) KW - Women : Psychology. KW - naiset KW - seksuaalisuus KW - naisellisuus KW - filosofia KW - sukupuoli KW - psykologia KW - psykoanalyysi KW - feminismi KW - naistutkimus KW - kvinnor KW - sexualitet KW - kvinnlighet KW - filosofi KW - kön KW - psykologi KW - psykoanalys KW - feminism KW - kvinnoforskning ER -