The Regime of the Brother: After the Patriarchy (Opening Out: Feminism for Today) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Regime of the Brother: After the Patriarchy (Opening Out: Feminism for Today) Book

The Regime of the Brother is one of the first attempts to challenge modernity on its own terms. Using the work of Lacan, Kristeva and Freud, Juliet MacCannell confronts the failure of modernity to bring about the social equality promised by the Enlightenment. On the verge of its destruction, the Patriarchy has reshaped itself into a new, and often more oppressive regime: that of the Brother. Examining a range of literary and social texts - from Rousseau's Confessions to Richardson's Clarissa and from Stendhal's De L'Amour to James's What Maisie Knew and Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea - MacCannell illustrates a history of the suppression of women, revealing the potential for a specifically feminine alternative.Read More

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  • 0415054354
  • 9780415054355
  • Juliet Flower MacCannell
  • 13 June 1991
  • Routledge
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 240
  • 1
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