Full Description
Contributing to a lively dialogue with Anglo-American and French theorists, The Lonely Mirror (originally published in 1993) sets out to contextualize Italian feminist theory within the international debate. The essays vividly illuminate the specific character of Italian feminism as a political and intellectual movement and expose the differences between the more institutionalized nature of women's studies in the United States and Britain. It will be of vital interest both to general and academic readers who want to explore some of the most vibrant developments in European feminism.
Contents
Part I: Language, Literature, Semiotics 1. The discourse of passion 2. Woman-graphy 3. The erotic woman writer: a special case of hypokrites 4. A double-voiced silence 5. Language in the crucible of the mind Part II: Psychoanalysis 6. Maternal role and personal identity: on the women's movement and psychoanalysis 7. In search of the mirror: fusion and differentiation in women's groups 8. The female animal Part III: History 9. Premiss: a figure of power and an invitation to history Epilogue: to room nineteen 10. On 'mothers' and 'sisters': fragments on women/feminism/historiography Part IV: Philosophy 11. Towards a theory of sexual difference 12. Jumping 13. On the female word and its 'spirit'
