White Ink: Interviews on Sex, Text and Politics - Hardcover

Cixous, Helene; Sellers, Susan

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9781844651368: White Ink: Interviews on Sex, Text and Politics

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ISBN 10: 1844651363 ISBN 13: 9781844651368

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

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Helene Cixous is widely regarded as one of the world's most influential feminist writers and thinkers. "White Ink" brings together her most revealing interviews, available in English for the first time. 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' 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 Cixous' 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.

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"Everything that concerns Helene Cixous is of interest. To my knowledge, there exists no other volume quite like this one. These interviews reveal the different aspects of Cixous's work with its underlying insistence on writing itself." --Verena Conley, Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University

About the Author:

Helene Cixous is Professor of Literature at the Universite de Paris VIII. Susan Sellers, the editor, is Professor of English and Related Literature at the University of St Andrews.

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