Technologies of Gender - (Theories of Representation and Difference) by Teresa de Lauretis (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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</p><p> . . . sets philosophical ideas humming. . . . she has much to say. --Cineaste</p><p>I can think of no other work that pushes the debate on the female subject forward with such passion and intellectual rigor. --SubStance</p><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Teresa de Lauretis is Professor of the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her most recent books are <cite>Alice Doesn't: Feminism, Semiotics, Cinema</cite> and <cite>Feminist Studies/Critical Studies</cite> (ed.).</p>
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