The "weak" subject
on modernity, eros, and women's playwriting
by Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio
Focusing on the work of twentieth-century women playwrights, this book recuperates for feminism the notions of realism and mimesis, and proposes new readings of modern women's plays. It claims that modern women playwrights establish a new form of mimesis.
Drawing on theories of French feminist Luce Irigaray, the author calls this dramatic structure "labial mimesis," marks its difference from the traditional structure based on a male hero, and emphasizes its hospitality to the representation of trust, love, friendship, and erotic intimacy among women. She offers a fresh perspective in the lively debate about the viability of realism for feminist writing.
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The "weak" subject: on modernity, eros, and women's playwriting
1997, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Associated University Presses
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-340) and index.
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