Maternal Pasts, Feminist Futures: Nostalgia, Ethics, and the Question of Difference

by Lynne Huffer

Book Overview

This book examines the relations among nostalgia, gender, and foundational philosophies through a critique of the lost mother as a ground for thinking about sexual difference. More specifically, the author critiques the nostalgic tendencies of feminist theory, arguing that an emancipatory system of thought must move beyond a maternally oriented structure.

Through close readings of works by Maurice Blanchot, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804730261
• ISBN13: 9780804730266
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.2"