{"product_id":"cixous-irigaray-kristeva-kelly-ives-9781861714213","title":"Cixous, Irigaray, Kristeva: The Jouissance of French Feminism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCIXOUS, IRIGARAY, KRISTEVA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE JOUISSANCE OF FRENCH FEMINISM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy Kelly Ives \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book is a poetic study of three French feminists, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva and Hélène Cixous, the 'holy trinity' of French feminism. Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Kristeva have created some of the most inspiring, insightful and illuminating writing on contemporary feminism and philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e EXTRACT FROM THE INTRODUCTION \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva all have different modes of writing. There are times when they are writing in the sober, tones of a cultural critic, philosopher or psychoanalyst. They have strident feminist voices (Cixous and Irigaray more than Kristeva). They are personal reminiscence modes. They have a relaxed, informal mode in interviews. And, most powerful of all, they have lyrical modes. Thus, Cixous, the most 'poetic' of the three, will break into a visionary, ultra-lyrical way of writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Luce Irigaray, too, changes, less frequently than Hélène Cixous, from a critical to a lyrical form. Thus, in a piece such as \"When Our Lips Speak Together\", Irigaray will write poetic sentences such as 'Kiss me. Two lips kiss two lips, and openness is ours again.' This is the kind of phrase which never appears in most cultural theorists outside of quotation marks. One doesn't find Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, Gilles Deleuze, Jean Baudrillard, Mikhail Bakhtin, Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes or Jean-Paul Sartre writing 'kiss me' very often. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What marks Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva apart from many cultural theorists and philosophers, then, is this personal, confessional and poetic way of writing, where they directly address the reader as the other, the 'you' in an intimate relationship. Derrida, Foucault, Baudrillard, and Jakobson are rarely, if ever, this personal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e KELLY IVES has written widely on feminism, philosophy and art. Her previous books include Cixous, Irigaray, Kristeva: The Jouissance of French Feminism, Julia Kristeva, Hélène Cixous and Wild Zones: Pornography, Art and Feminism and Hélène Cixous. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e REVISED AND UPDATED, WITH NEW ILLUSTRATIONS. The text has been revised once more and updated for this fifth edition. Illustrated, with a revised text. European Writers Series. Bibliography and notes. 208pp. Also available in paperback. www.crmoon.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eREVIEW ON AMAZON: \u003cbr\u003eThis text offers a useful introductory overview... it certainly provides a reasonably clear summary. To its credit this book is accessible, ideal for first time students looking for ideas.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelly Ives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1861714211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781861714213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crescent Moon Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Kelly Ives","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46199136715007,"sku":"9781861714213","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98c53d2f-6323-4b10-b19c-d54648a20240.jpg?v=1727925149","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cixous-irigaray-kristeva-kelly-ives-9781861714213","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}