Thought provoking
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?
Why Women Need Their Own Myth
youtube.comBeautiful video, I was really dubious at first but my inner angry feminist won! I can completely see the parallels with these steps of the heroines journey and how I try to force myself to belong in a patriarchal world. It is always a journey back to the mother the grandmother the great grandmother. I became completely overwhelmed at the end overcome by emotion and tears wanted to break free.
Author of the heroines journey was a trained Jungian psychologist and so uses a lot of parallels with mythology.
Tracing the personal in intimate images and writing
Diane Smyth
13 jul. 2022 • 16 min
Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson