Transnational Fantasy, Symbolic Violence, and Feminist Misrecognition
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Köp båda 2 för 855 krIn this wide-ranging transnational study of the ways in which women postcolonial writers have re-staged the relationship between image and identity, Karina Eileraas trains an exquisitely honed critical gaze on the creative forms of aesthetic and political resistance put into practice by such diverse authors as Assia Djebar, Hlne Cixous, and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. Although her book is informed by the ideas of an impressive array of theorists, it is Eileraass own engaging voice that, at every turn of the page, drives home the profoundly ethical dimensions of her project. -- Dana Strand, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of French and the Humanities, Carleton College
Karina Eileraas is visiting assistant professor of women's studies at UCLA.
Chapter 1 Fantasizing the Self: Violence and the (Im)possibilities of Representation Chapter 2 Disorienting Looks, Ecarts d'Identit" Colonial Photography, Ownership, and Identity Chapter 3 Misrecognizing the Family Album: Blood, Fantasy, and Nationality in the Works of Hlne Cixous and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Chapter 4 Dismembering the Gaze: Speleology and Vivisection in Assia Djebar's L'amour, la fantasia