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The Tongue Snatchers Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Herrmann, Claudine (Author), Kline, Nancy (Translator), Kline, Nancy (Introduction by)
ISBN: 0803272529     ISBN-13: 9780803272521
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
OUR PRICE:   $13.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 1991
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Annotation: Claudine Herrmann became famous in France with he publication of "Les Voleuses de langue" in 1976. Her much-quoted book is now recognized as a modern classic of feminist literary criticism. Nancy Kline's welcome English translation captures the clarity and passion of observations that go beyond books to boudoirs and boardrooms.


Herrmann charges that language is the fundamental means by which women are oppressed. Their education forces them to parrot masculine discourse, often gets them dismissed as chatterboxes, and silences their real lives. Women who desire to express themselves creatively are obliged to "steal" language or to invent one of their own. Based on readings of major texts in literature, philosophy, and the social sciences, "The Tongue Snatchers" illuminates how men and women differ in their experiences of words, work, space, time, love, and sexuality.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Feminist
- Literary Criticism | Women Authors
- Literary Criticism | European - French
Dewey: 809.892
LCCN: 89031136
Series: European Women Writers
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.35" W x 9" (0.48 lbs) 145 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Claudine Herrmann became famous in France with he publication of Les Voleuses de langue in 1976. Her much-quoted book is now recognized as a modern classic of feminist literary criticism. Nancy Kline's welcome English translation captures the clarity and passion of observations that go beyond books to boudoirs and boardrooms. Herrmann charges that language is the fundamental means by which women are oppressed. Their education forces them to parrot masculine discourse, often gets them dismissed as chatterboxes, and silences their real lives. Women who desire to express themselves creatively are obliged to "steal" language or to invent one of their own. Based on readings of major texts in literature, philosophy, and the social sciences, The Tongue Snatchers illuminates how men and women differ in their experiences of words, work, space, time, love, and sexuality. Nancy Kline is Director of the Writing Project, Barnard College. She is the author of a novel, The Faithful (1969), and of Lightning: The Poetry of René Char (1981).