The Laugh of the Medusa by Hélène Cixous, Paula Cohen, Keith Cohen

The Laugh of the Medusa

Hélène Cixous, Paula Cohen, Keith Cohen

20 pages first pub 1975 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism philosophy reflective slow-paced

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Cixous is issuing her female readers an ultimatum of sorts: either they can read it and choose to stay trapped in their own bodies by a language that does not allow them to express themselves, or they can use their bodies as a way to communicate."...

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