Jouissance as ānanda : Indian philosophy, feminist theory, and literature / Ashmita Khasnabish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khasnabish, Ashmita, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

239 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2003]

Contents:

Part I Theory 1

1 Jouissance as Ananda (Bliss) 3

2 Radha's Jouissance 19

3 Body in Transcendence: Jouissance and Kali 43

4 Women in the East and Women in the West 71

5 The Ascent and the Descent: Irigaray and Brennan through Indian Philosophy 91

Part II Literature 117

6 Jouissance and Ananda in Joyce 119

7 Ego and Its Transcendence in Tagore's The King of the Dark Chamber 145

8 Is Jouissance Writing or Love? 171

9 Love on the Spiritual and the Corporeal Planes in The Mistress of Spices 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-234) and index.

ISBN:

0739104675

OCLC:

51615223