Identity without selfhood : Simone de Beauvoir and bisexuality

M. Fraser

Situated at the crossroads of feminism, queer theory, and poststructuralist debates around identity, this is not a book about Simone de Beauvoir, but, rather, a book that addresses the different ways in which she is constructed as an intelligible "self" by academics, biographers and the media. It shows how key Western concepts as individuality constrain attempts to deconstruct the self and prevent bisexuality being understood as an identity. Drawing on Deleuze and Guattari to see what this construction of bisexuality offers contemporary theories, it also critiques Foucault's work.

praktische informatie

ISBN Nummer
9780521625791
Boekcode
IHLIA Homodok cat. (frase/ide) b niet uitleenbaar
Taal publicatie
eng [Engels]
Hoofdtitel
Identity without selfhood : Simone de Beauvoir and bisexuality
Algemene materiaalaanduiding
2 [Boek]
Eerste verantwoordelijke
Mariam Fraser
Plaats van uitgave
Cambridge [etc.]
Jaar van uitgave
1999
Pagina's
x, 215 p
Auteur Achternaam
Fraser
Auteur Voornaam
M.
Prod country
gb
Samenvatting - Tekst
Situated at the crossroads of feminism, queer theory, and poststructuralist debates around identity, this is not a book about Simone de Beauvoir, but, rather, a book that addresses the different ways in which she is constructed as an intelligible "self" by academics, biographers and the media. It shows how key Western concepts as individuality constrain attempts to deconstruct the self and prevent bisexuality being understood as an identity. Drawing on Deleuze and Guattari to see what this construction of bisexuality offers contemporary theories, it also critiques Foucault's work.
Opmerkingen - Tekst
Vindplaats recensie: Journal of Bisexuality, 3 (2003) 1, p. 125-132

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