Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 9406
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Mazzoni , Cristina.
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  • Title: On the (Un) Representability of Woman's Pleasure: Angela of Foligno and Jacques Lacan
  • Source: Gender and Text in the Later Middle Ages.  Edited by Jane Chance.  University Press of Florida, 1996.  Pages 239 - 262.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Angela of Foligno, Mystic Body Lacan, Jacques, Psychoanalyst (1901-1981) Mystics Pleasure Psychoanalytic Theory Sexuality Women in Religion
  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 13
  • Related Resources: Cristina Mazzoni's arguments against Lacan's interpretation of Angela of Foligno's mystical account pursue the same and very welcome critical avenue, insisting on the unique literary quality of Angela's texts which should not be abused by poststructuralis
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Vermont
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  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0813013917
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