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Author EVANS, ELLIOT

Title BODY IN FRENCH QUEER THOUGHT FROM WITTIG TO PRECIADO queer permeability
Published [Place of publication not identified] ROUTLEDGE, 2020

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Description 1 online resource
Series Research in Sexualities Ser
Research in Sexualities Ser
Contents 1 Bodies beyond language or reason: the legacy of Descarte's dualism in poststructuralist account of the body -- 2 Queer permeability in Paul B. Preciado's literature of entanglement: narrating the posthuman self, performing philosophy -- 3 Writing as a 'war machine': Monique Wittig's textual materialism and bodily metaphor -- 4 The constructed body of ORLAN's 'Art Charnel' -- Conclusion: Queer directions: lessons from the French context
Summary "The Body in French Queer Thought from Wittig to Preciado: Queer Permeability identifies a common concern in French queer works for the materiality of the body, and argues for a return to the body as fundamental to queer thought and politics, from HIV onwards"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Human body (Philosophy) -- France
Philosophy, French.
Queer theory -- France
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
Human body (Philosophy)
Philosophy, French
Queer theory
France
Form Electronic book
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