Hélène Cixous

The Newly Born Woman

Feminist philosophical work on women's oppression and emergent female consciousness

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Hélène Cixous
Hélène Cixous

Algerian-French feminist theorist and writer whose 'The Laugh of the Medusa' called for women to write their bodies and reclaim feminine jouissance from patriarchal discourse. The Newly Born Woman, co-written with Catherine Clément, is her major theoretical work. She is associated with l'écriture féminine.

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