Article
Bridging Feminist Waves: Wendy Delorme’s Insurrections! En territoire sexuel
Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature
(2016)
Abstract
Wendy Delorme’s Insurrections! En territoire sexuel (Insurrections! in Sexual Territory, 2009) articulates a French third-wave feminism that builds upon both historical French feminisms and contemporary American gender and queer theories. This article considers two aspects of Delorme’s syncretic feminism. Drawing on second-wave legacies, she articulates a “femmenism,” or queer performative critique, that exposes gender as a performance and lingering sexist and homo/lesbophobic discriminations. Delorme also belongs to the post-pornographic movement, itself linked to French third-wave feminism. Again bridging feminisms, Delorme uses explicitness when asserting her sexuality while also discussing ongoing issues regarding women’s sexualities in contemporary French society.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2016
Citation Information
Michèle A. Schaal. "Bridging Feminist Waves: Wendy Delorme’s Insurrections! En territoire sexuel" Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature Vol. 70 Iss. 2 (2016) p. 175 - 196 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michele_schaal/38/