| Liberty, Equality, Maternity in Beauvoir, Leduc and Ernaux Contributor(s): Fell, Alison S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1900755734 ISBN-13: 9781900755733 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2002 Annotation: Motherhood is fundamental in debates concerning French individual and national identity. While France's obsession with its falling population led to a long-standing glorification of the 'mere au foyer', motherhood has also been a highly contentious issue for French feminists. In this interdisciplinary study, Fell examines twentieth-century women's writing in the light of contemporaneous debates about women's reproductive function. Through close textual readings of the work of Simone de Beauvoir, Violette Leduc and Annie Ernaux, she uncovers fascinating tensions at the heart of women's literary evocations of mothers and motherhood, revealing how the extent to which writing about motherhood, whether in the 1940s or 1990s, remains an inherently ambiguous enterprise. Click for more in this series: Legenda S |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Literary Criticism | European - French - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
| Dewey: 840.935 |
| Series: Legenda S |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.46" W x 8.68" L (0.72 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The concept of motherhood emerges strongly in the writings of Simone de Beauvoir, Violette Leduc and Annie Ernaux, whose work is examined here in the light of current debates about women's reproductive function and the longstanding glorification of the mere au foyer in France, driven by fear of a falling population. In this interdisciplinary study of twentieth-century French women's writing, Fell uncovers tensions at the heart of the literary critique. She shows these authors challenging the patriarchal view of motherhood as the sole justification for a woman's existence while at the same time confronting the conflict inherent in their relationship with their own mothers. A survey of theoretical and historical material demonstrates vividly that the changing concept of motherhood remains a problematic and highly contentious issue for French feminists, whether writing in 1940 or 1999. |
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