She changes by intrigue irony, femininity and feminism

Rainford, Lydia 1972- (Author).

Summary: Contemporary feminist theorists have implied a special affinity between women and irony because of their 'double' relation to the prevailing order of things: both speak from within this order while remaining 'other' to it in some way. Irony can be regarded as the obvious mode in which a feminist might speak, as it reflects her relation to the patriarchal structure while refusing to validate the truth of the current sexual hierarchy. She Changes by Intrigue undertakes the first sustained analysis of the parallels between irony, femininity and feminism. By retracing the association of these term.

Record details

ISBN: 142379138X (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781423791386 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9042016078 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9789042016071
ISBN: 9789401201131
ISBN: 9401201137
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource ([vii], 252 p.)
Publisher: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-252).
Formatted Contents Note:	Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The "Impossible Dialectic": Julia Kristeva; Chapter 2 The Anxiety of Irony: Søren Kierkegaard; Chapter 3 Unsustainable Change? The Traps of Ironic Femininity; Chapter 4 "Irony and Something Else": Jacques Derrida; Chapter 5 Miming History: Sarah Kofman; Afterword The Lesson of Irony, The Future of Feminism; Works Cited;
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.