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WOMEN (AS) SUBJECTS: LUCE IRIGARAY AND THE QUESTION OF LIMITS

Agou, Sarah Francoise Eliane
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7187-0965
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1564215456447523

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2019, Master of Arts, Miami University, French.
Women are still invisible in most canons, whether these concern the arts or history. In order to understand the difference of treatment concerning men and women in European societies, Luce Irigaray, a Belgian philosopher and a feminist, developed the concept of sexual difference. This concept asserts that men’s and women’s experiences are neither equal nor reducible to a hierarchical homogeneity: they are diverse. Sexual difference is a limit that allows to construct a feminine point of view that questions the traditional male-oriented philosophy. The question of limits is therefore central to Irigaray’s thought, aiming at establishing women as female subjects. On the one hand, limits were imposed onto female subjects to reduce them to a passive role; on the other hand, from the female point of view, limits might be hard to draw. Irigaray challenges patriarchalism as she suggests to subjects of both sexes to symbolize their own limits. One such case of new sexed symbolization is the writing of the contemporary French poetess Sophie Loizeau, who explores the limits of female subjects but also of literary genres and of language in general. Loizeau exemplifies many of Irigaray’s propositions for change in our social symbolizations.
Andrea Righi (Advisor)
Audrey Wasser (Committee Member)
Anna Klosowska (Committee Member)
45 p.
European Studies; Gender Studies; Literature; Philosophy; Romance Literature; Womens Studies
Luce Irigaray, Sophie Loizeau, Sexual Difference, Limits, Female Subject, Poetry by Women, Women and Philosophy, European Feminism, Gender, Representation and Symbolization of the Female Body

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  • Agou, S. F. E. (2019). WOMEN (AS) SUBJECTS: LUCE IRIGARAY AND THE QUESTION OF LIMITS [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1564215456447523

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Agou, Sarah. WOMEN (AS) SUBJECTS: LUCE IRIGARAY AND THE QUESTION OF LIMITS. 2019. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1564215456447523.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Agou, Sarah. "WOMEN (AS) SUBJECTS: LUCE IRIGARAY AND THE QUESTION OF LIMITS." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1564215456447523

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