French feminism
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French feminism is a strand of feminist theory and activism originating in France, known for its philosophical and psychoanalytic approaches to gender, language, and sexual difference.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminist movement
ⓘ
feminist theory ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Anglo-American feminism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
patriarchal language
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phallocentrism ⓘ universalist conceptions of the subject ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod |
1970s
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20th century ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
difference between the sexes
ⓘ
the body in theory ⓘ the role of language in constructing gender ⓘ |
| field |
cultural theory
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feminist philosophy ⓘ literary theory ⓘ psychoanalytic theory ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
embodiment
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female subjectivity ⓘ language and desire ⓘ maternal function ⓘ phallogocentrism ⓘ sexual difference ⓘ symbolic order ⓘ the Other NERFINISHED ⓘ écriture féminine ⓘ |
| hasKeyText |
One Is Not Born a Woman
NERFINISHED
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Powers of Horror NERFINISHED ⓘ Speculum of the Other Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Laugh of the Medusa NERFINISHED ⓘ The Newly Born Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Second Sex NERFINISHED ⓘ This Sex Which Is Not One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableTheorist |
Antoinette Fouque
NERFINISHED
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Christine Delphy NERFINISHED ⓘ Colette Guillaumin NERFINISHED ⓘ Françoise d’Eaubonne NERFINISHED ⓘ Hélène Cixous NERFINISHED ⓘ Julia Kristeva NERFINISHED ⓘ Luce Irigaray NERFINISHED ⓘ Michèle Le Doeuff NERFINISHED ⓘ Monique Wittig NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Kofman NERFINISHED ⓘ Simone de Beauvoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Jacques Lacan NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigmund Freud ⓘ existentialism ⓘ poststructuralism ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ structuralism ⓘ |
| mainFocus |
gender
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language ⓘ sexual difference ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ |
| relatedMovement |
continental feminism
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difference feminism ⓘ poststructuralist feminism ⓘ radical feminism ⓘ second-wave feminism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesApproach |
philosophical approach
ⓘ
psychoanalytic approach ⓘ |
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