French feminism

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"French feminism" (which is a phrase mostly used in English-speaking countries) refers to the work of individual feminists in France from the 1970s to the 1990s. French feminism, compared to Anglophone feminism, is distinguished by an approach which is at once more philosophical and more literary, with a strong psychoanalytical tendency. Its writings tend to be more effusive and metaphorical, rather than pragmatic. They are less concerned with pragmatism, immediate political doctrine, or a "materialism" and generally focus on theories of the body.^[1]

1 Writers labeled as "French feminist"
2 French Feminism Forerunners
3 Themes
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Writers labeled as "French feminist"

[edit] French Feminism Forerunners

[edit] Themes

Common themes of this work include at least some degree of anti-essentialism, écriture féminine, and a critique of phallogocentrism informed by contemporary developments in Continental philosophy. The contemporary French feminism is strongly informed by psychoanalysis.