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Wittig delivered the titular essay in April of 1979 at Barnard College's The Scholar and the Feminist Conference, The Future of Difference, as the morning keynote.<ref>The Scholar and The Feminist Online http://sfonline.barnard.edu/sfxxx/sf06.htm</ref> |
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| ⚫ | "One Is Not Born a Woman," delivered in September of 1979 at the 30th Anniversary Conference of the Second Sex held at New York University, takes up the outcomes of [[Simone de Beauvoir]]'s feminist political visions for lesbians.<ref>Brad Epps and Jonathan Katz, 'Monique Wittig's Materialist Utopia and Radical Critique', ''Monique Wittig: At the Crossroads of Criticism'', [[GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies]], special issue, Duke University Press, 2007, page 438</ref> Wittig writes, 'Lesbians are not women', under the assumption that the term 'woman' is defined by men.<ref>Brad Epps and Jonathan Katz, 'Monique Wittig's Materialist Utopia and Radical Critique', ''Monique Wittig: At the Crossroads of Criticism'', [[GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies]], special issue, Duke University Press, 2007, page 425</ref> Moreover, she compares lesbians to fugitive slaves.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E5DA1731F931A25752C0A9659C8B63&scp=1&sq=%22The+Straight+Mind%22&st=nyt Monique Wittig, 67, Feminist Writer, Dies, by Douglas Martin, January 12, 2003, New York Times]</ref> |
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"The Trojan Horse," explains her theory of literature as a "war machine",<ref>Brad Epps and Jonathan Katz, 'Monique Wittig's Materialist Utopia and Radical Critique', ''Monique Wittig: At the Crossroads of Criticism'', [[GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies]], special issue, Duke University Press, 2007, page 442</ref> echoing [[Gilles Deleuze]].<ref>Alice Jardine, 'Thinking Wittig's Differences; "Or, Failing That, Invent"', ''Monique Wittig: At the Crossroads of Criticism'', [[GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies]], special issue, Duke University Press, 2007, page 459</ref> |
"The Trojan Horse," explains her theory of literature as a "war machine",<ref>Brad Epps and Jonathan Katz, 'Monique Wittig's Materialist Utopia and Radical Critique', ''Monique Wittig: At the Crossroads of Criticism'', [[GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies]], special issue, Duke University Press, 2007, page 442</ref> echoing [[Gilles Deleuze]].<ref>Alice Jardine, 'Thinking Wittig's Differences; "Or, Failing That, Invent"', ''Monique Wittig: At the Crossroads of Criticism'', [[GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies]], special issue, Duke University Press, 2007, page 459</ref> |
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| Author | Monique Wittig |
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| Original title | The Straight Mind and Other Essays |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Essays |
| Publisher | Beacon Press |
Publication date | 1992 |
| Publication place | United States |
The Straight Mind and Other Essays is a (1992) collection of essays by Monique Wittig.
It was translated into French as La Pensée straight in 2001.[1]
Summary
Wittig delivered the titular essay in April of 1979 at Barnard College's The Scholar and the Feminist Conference, The Future of Difference, as the morning keynote.[2]
"One Is Not Born a Woman," delivered in September of 1979 at the 30th Anniversary Conference of the Second Sex held at New York University, takes up the outcomes of Simone de Beauvoir's feminist political visions for lesbians.[3] Wittig writes, 'Lesbians are not women', under the assumption that the term 'woman' is defined by men.[4] Moreover, she compares lesbians to fugitive slaves.[5]
"The Trojan Horse," explains her theory of literature as a "war machine",[6] echoing Gilles Deleuze.[7]
References
- ^ Brad Epps and Jonathan Katz, 'Monique Wittig's Materialist Utopia and Radical Critique', Monique Wittig: At the Crossroads of Criticism, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, special issue, Duke University Press, 2007, page 424
- ^ The Scholar and The Feminist Online http://sfonline.barnard.edu/sfxxx/sf06.htm
- ^ Brad Epps and Jonathan Katz, 'Monique Wittig's Materialist Utopia and Radical Critique', Monique Wittig: At the Crossroads of Criticism, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, special issue, Duke University Press, 2007, page 438
- ^ Brad Epps and Jonathan Katz, 'Monique Wittig's Materialist Utopia and Radical Critique', Monique Wittig: At the Crossroads of Criticism, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, special issue, Duke University Press, 2007, page 425
- ^ Monique Wittig, 67, Feminist Writer, Dies, by Douglas Martin, January 12, 2003, New York Times
- ^ Brad Epps and Jonathan Katz, 'Monique Wittig's Materialist Utopia and Radical Critique', Monique Wittig: At the Crossroads of Criticism, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, special issue, Duke University Press, 2007, page 442
- ^ Alice Jardine, 'Thinking Wittig's Differences; "Or, Failing That, Invent"', Monique Wittig: At the Crossroads of Criticism, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, special issue, Duke University Press, 2007, page 459
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