TRANSFEMINIZING POSTFEMINISM: ACKER RE-WRITES THE TRANS-, BAISE-MOI RE-READS THE POST- Cover Image

TRANSFEMINIZING POSTFEMINISM: ACKER RE-WRITES THE TRANS-, BAISE-MOI RE-READS THE POST-
TRANSFEMINIZING POSTFEMINISM: ACKER RE-WRITES THE TRANS-, BAISE-MOI RE-READS THE POST-

Author(s): Eduardo Barros Grela
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Postfeminism; body and space; multiplicity; transfeminism; Kathy Acker.

Summary/Abstract: “Transfeminizing Postfeminism: Acker Re-Writes the Trans-, Baise-Moi Re-Reads the Post-”. Through the discussion of Kathy Acker’s novels Great Expectations (1982) and In Memoriam to Identity (1990), and Virginie Despentes´s film Baise Moi, this article discusses the different ramifications of postfeminism—in particular, transfeminism. Space is used here to reveal—and contest—new forms of women objectification.

  • Issue Year: 56/2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 11-22
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English