Julia Kristeva: Transgression and the Féminine | Art History Unstuffed
In La Révolution du langue poétique , 1974/1984, her doctoral thesis, Kristeva introduced the concept of le sémiotique, which would articulate the realm of the pre-Symbolic, which is the basis of poetic language. Although “the semoiotic” can be located within the signifying process, one should image the pre-Symbolic as the Feminine coming back to... See more
Julia Kristeva: Transgression and the Féminine | Art History Unstuffed
Kristeva and her role in the evolution of Feminism through the study of language. Notably the pre-symbolic stages of the semiotic is the spark of the feminine … Read more in the artical. I think a key point here is the continuation of gendered roles of these functions - the maternal and paternal.
I can’t quite decide if I am against it or not… do these continue to reinforce structured roles, or is it a useful mechanism? Does it continue to hold the power of the masculine over the feminine, or help to highlight the ways to create and read feminine language?