http://looktouch.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/something-impossible-else-i-shall-suffocate/ Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:00:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://looktouch.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/something-impossible-else-i-shall-suffocate/#comment-3889 Jessica Smith Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:15:10 +0000 http://looktouch.wordpress.com/?p=1212#comment-3889 I think that Lacan's analysis of why women cannot attain the same linguistic aptitude as men is, in fact, "idiotic" (def. 1). Lacan would be using essentially the second definition you've provided to characterize womens' writing (and their access to language/higher thought in general). He used Duras as an example of how this was the case and his analysis of women's thought/writing grew into the essentialist doctrine of "ecriture feminine." You are welcome to read my thesis on the subject which is available <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/370530" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I think that Lacan’s analysis of why women cannot attain the same linguistic aptitude as men is, in fact, “idiotic” (def. 1). Lacan would be using essentially the second definition you’ve provided to characterize womens’ writing (and their access to language/higher thought in general). He used Duras as an example of how this was the case and his analysis of women’s thought/writing grew into the essentialist doctrine of “ecriture feminine.” You are welcome to read my thesis on the subject which is available here.

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