Thinking Difference Differently: An Exploration of l'écriture féminine, Women's Art Practice, and Postfeminism

Taylor, Jacqueline (2018) Thinking Difference Differently: An Exploration of l'écriture féminine, Women's Art Practice, and Postfeminism. L'Esprit Créateur, 58 (2). pp. 41-55. ISSN 0014-0767

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Abstract

L'écriture féminine sought to challenge phallocentrism and open up alternative textual spaces to articulate sexual difference. Whilst it emerged very specifically in a French context, it was perhaps most notably appropriated by Anglo-American theorists and practitioners. This article provides a critique of how women and second-wave feminist artists in particular have drawn on the strategies and thinking of l'écriture féminine beyond its French milieu. In doing so, it reconceptualizes l'écriture féminine as an intertextual entity and multi-layered discourse, and explores how it may be conceived in relation to postfeminism to provide ways to think about difference differently.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1353/esp.2018.0018
Dates:	Date Event 1 January 2018 Accepted 20 June 2018 Published Online
Subjects:	CAH19 - language and area studies > CAH19-04 - languages and area studies > CAH19-04-01 - French studies CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-01 - creative arts and design > CAH25-01-02 - art
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > College of Art and Design
Depositing User:	Jacqueline Taylor
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2020 09:37
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2022 16:50
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/9086

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