Between Irigaray and Cardinal: Reinventing Maternal Genealogies

Haigh, Samantha

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“…Indeed, given that the mythic characters Irigaray takes up, such as Demeter and Persephone, are supposed to be projections of the patriarchal imaginary, it can be difficult to see her mythic reclamations as an especially radical move (Green 2012, 6). Yet, Irigaray's defenders argue that her positing of "mythic origins" is intended as a provocation to think through unrealized conditions of possibility, rather than a claim to a lost truth (see, e.g., Athanasiou and Tzelepis 2010;Haigh 1994). Moreover, through emphasizing the psychoanalytic underpinnings of her work, we can draw a parallel between Irigaray's performative engagement with myth and the psychoanalytic scene of transference, where the point is "less to construct the precise details of the story than to establish another possibility for communication" (Butler 2005, 57).…”

Section: Interrupting the Oedipalmentioning

confidence: 98%

Feminism, Time, and Nonlinear History

Browne¹

2014

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For the last twenty years, feminist theory has been presented as a series of ascending waves. This picture has had the effect of constraining the way we understand and frame new work as well as de-emphasizing the diversity of past scholarship. The aim of this series is to attract original scholars who will unearth neglected contributions to feminist theory and offer unique interpretations of past scholarship. By breaking free from the constraints of the image of waves, this series will be able to provide a wider forum for dialogue and engage historical and interdisciplinary work to open up feminist theory to new audiences and markets.

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Section: Interrupting the Oedipalmentioning

confidence: 98%