Table of Contents

Part I From Simone de Beauvoir to the women's movement: women and creativity, Simone de Beauvoir; tales from the women's movement, Anne Tristan and Annie de Pisan. Part II The politics of difference: parole de femme, Annie Leclerc; protofeminism and antifeminism, Christine Delphy; talking about "Polylogue", Julia Kristeva; sexual difference, Luce Irigaray. Part III History: women's history - an overview, Arlette Farge; maternal indifference, Elisabeth Badinter. Part IV Philosophy and psychoanalysis: women and philosophy, Michele Le Doeuff; the narcissistic woman, Sarah Kofman; inquiry into femininity, Michele Montrelay.

About the Author

Toril Moi is Professor of Literature and Romance Studies at Duke University and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature at Bergen University. She is author of Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory (1985), and editor of The Kristeva Reader (1986).