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BL
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880720
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Damlé, Amaleena
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| Title & Author
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The becoming of the body : : contemporary women's writing in French /\ Amaleena Damlé.
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| Publication Statement
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Edinburgh :: Edinburgh University Press,, [2014]
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, ©2014
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| Series Statement
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Crosscurrents
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1 online resource (x, 214 pages)
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| ISBN
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0748668225
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: 1474400922
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: 9780748668229
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: 9781474400923
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0748668217
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9780748668212
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. The orchid, the wasp and the text : encountering bodily becoming through Deleuze and Feminism -- 2. Making a body without organs : Amélie Nothomb's an-organic flux of immanence -- 3. Becoming otherwise : the transformative encounter in Ananda Devi's writing -- 4. The flux and folds of consciousness : Marie Darrieussecq's literature of simulation and dispersal -- 5. Nomadic vitalities : becoming beyond boundaries in Nina Bouraoui's writing.
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A critical investigation of contemporary statements of the female body in French literature and philosophy. Following a long tradition of objectification, 20th-century French feminism often sought to liberate the female body from the confines of patriarchal logos and to inscribe its rhythms in writing. Amaleena Damle addresses questions of bodies, boundaries and philosophical discourses by exploring the intersections between a range of contemporary philosophers and authors on the subject of contemporary female corporeality and transformation.
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French literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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Philosophy, French.
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French literature-- Women authors.
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French Literature.
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Languages Literatures.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- General.
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Philosophy, French.
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Romance Literatures.
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| Dewey Classification
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840.9/9287
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| LC Classification
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PQ149.D36 2014
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