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Subject(s)

• Antigone (Mythological character) [Browse]
• Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich 1770-1831 [Browse]
• Irigaray, Luce [Browse]
• Lacan, Jacques 1901-1981 [Browse]
• Kinship—Philosophy [Browse]
• Feminist theory [Browse]

Series

• Wellek Library lecture series at the University of California, Irvine [More in this series]
• The Wellek Library lectures

Summary note

"Antigone, the renowned insurgent from Sophocle's Oedipus, has long been a feminist icon of defiance. But what has remained unclear is whether she escapes from the forms of power that she opposes. Antigone proves to be a more ambivalent figure for feminism than has been acknowledged, since the form of defiance she exemplifies also leads to her death. Butler argues that Antigone represents a form of feminist and sexual agency that is fraught with risk. Moreover, Antignone shows how the constraints of normative kinship unfairly decide what will and will not be a liveable life."--BOOK JACKET.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-97) and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Antigone's Claim
• Unwritten Laws, Aberrant Transmissions
• Promiscuous Obedience.

ISBN

• 0231504411 (electronic bk.)
• 9780231504416 (electronic bk.)
• 0231518048 (electronic bk.)
• 9780231518048 (electronic bk.)

OCLC

51311708

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