Hysterical Women and Wild Animals: Parallels in the Construction of Female and Animal Alterity

Authors

  • Mònica Tomàs White Universidad de Barcelona (UB)

Keywords:

Women, feminism, alterity, animality

Abstract

In the present paper I aim to explore the connections between the discourses that structure female difference and those that structure animal difference by documenting three major convergence points: denial of reason, denial of language, and the insistence that both female and animal bodies are inherently wild, the origin of their difference.

Author Biography

Mònica Tomàs White, Universidad de Barcelona (UB)

Mònica Tomàs White es filóloga y traductora. Obtuvo su BA en Literatura Comparada y Filología Francesa de UC Berkeley en 2010, y el título de master en Estudios de Mujeres, Género y Ciudadanía de la Universidad de Barcelona en 2013. Actualmente es doctoranda en el programa de Ciudadanía y Derechos Humanos del Departamento de Filosofía Teorética y Práctica de la Universidad de Barcelona.

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Published

2015-12-10

How to Cite

Tomàs White, M. (2015). Hysterical Women and Wild Animals: Parallels in the Construction of Female and Animal Alterity. OXIMORA International Journal of Ethics and Politics, (7), 138–159. Retrieved from https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/oximora/article/view/14518

Issue

No. 7 (2015): Retos y aportes feministas

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