White ink : interviews on sex, text and politics / Hélène Cixous ; edited by Susan Sellers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cixous, Hélène, 1937- author.

Contributor:

Sellers, Susan, editor.

Series:

European perspectives White ink

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cixous, Hélène, 1937---Interviews.

Cixous, Hélène.

Women authors, French--Interviews.

Women authors, French.

Feminism and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 199 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen Publishing, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hélène Cixous is widely regarded as one of the world’s most influential feminist writers and thinkers. White Ink brings together her most revealing interviews. Spanning over four decades and including a new interview with the editor Susan Sellers, this collection presents a brilliant, running commentary on the subjects at the heart of Cixous’s writing. Here, Cixous discusses her books and her creative process, her views on and insights into literature, philosophy, theatre, politics, aesthetics, faith and ethics, human relations and the state of the world. As she responds to interviewers’ questions, Cixous is prompted to reflect on her roles and activities as poet, playwright, feminist theorist, professor of literature, philosopher, woman, Jew. Each interview is a remarkable performance, an event in language and thought where Hélène Cixous’s celebrated intellectual and poetic force can be witnessed “in action”. The accessibility of the interview format provides an excellent starting-point for readers new to Cixous, while those already familiar with her work will find unexpected insights and fresh elucidations of her thought.

Contents:

Writing the enigma

Writing the feminine

Writing and politics

Writing and theatre

Writing roots

On painting, music and nature

Dialogues.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Bibliography of the works of Hélène Cixous": p. 183-192.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-49273-0

1-317-49274-9

1-315-71170-2

1-282-94733-8

9786612947339

1-84465-412-5

9781315711706

OCLC:

898104202