Women writing in contemporary France

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Retable/La Rêverie 53, 62, 231
Vers la lumière 17, 53, 54–63, 232
childhood 70, 93, 108, 114, 116n.4, 189–90, 219
impact of events in 17–18, 38, 67, 74, 101,
143, 150, 187, 211, 219
self 69, 74, 75
trauma 17–18, 35–6, 73–4, 150, 212
Chodorow, Nancy J. 129n.9, 209–10, 220n.8
Christianity 10, 67, 133, 182–6 passim, 190–3,
220
Cixous, Hélène 5, 10, 22n.6, 23n.11, 25n.30,
63, 64n.21, 118, 119, 128, 129n.6, 208,
220n.4, 220n.5
Constant, Paule 1, 4, 12, 18, 19, 22n.6, 23n.11,
65–76, 222, 228, 233–5
Balta 66, 69, 70, 233
Confidence pour confidence 19, 22n.6, 65–75
passim, 233, 234
La Fille du Gobernator 66–75 passim, 233
Ouregano 66–71 passim, 233
Propriété privée 66–71 passim, 233, 234, 235
White spirit 23n.11, 66, 233, 234
Cusset, Catherine 22n.6
Darrieussecq, Marie 1, 6, 12, 50, 51, 52n.19, 93,
98, 142–53, 175–6, 177, 222, 235–6
Le Mal de mer 142, 147–53 passim, 235
Naissance des fantômes 98, 142, 146–153
passim, 235
Truismes 142–153 passim, 235, 236
death 16, 17, 50, 51, 53–61 passim, 63, 67,
114–15, 119, 120, 137, 190, 191, 212
of the author 6, 23n.12, 177–8
of family members 32, 47, 53, 54, 68, 88,
114, 174, 185, 187
and identity 33, 43, 49
and mourning 29, 73–4
portents of 193n.7, 194n.8
and sexuality 215–16
violent 187, 211
Desarthe, Agnès 1, 12, 23n.11, 106–17, 223,
236‒7
Cinq photos de ma femme 106, 111–14,
116n.7, 237
Les Bonnes Intentions 106, 237
Quelques minutes de bonheur absolu 106–16
passim, 236, 237
Un secret sans importance 23n.11, 106,
109–10, 114, 116n.5, 236
Desbiolles, Maryline 23n.11
desire(s) 13, 15, 19, 32–8 passim, 76, 82, 87, 93,
94–5, 101, 124, 144, 197, 200, 215
for lost object 54
objects of 8, 196, 197, 204, 214
perverse 14, 211, 213, 214
Despentes, Virginie 1, 241
Detambel, Régine 1, 4, 6, 20, 93–105, 223, 224,
237–8
Blasons d’un corps masculin 93–105
passim, 237
Colette. Comme une flore, comme un zoo
100, 237
Graveurs d’enfance 99, 102–3, 237
La Ligne âpre 93, 99, 100, 238
L’Avarice 100, 101, 237
L’Ecrivaillon 93, 99–101, 224, 238
detective fiction 42, 148–9
difference 3–13 passim, 38, 40, 129n.12, 209,
217
disgust 97, 99, 211, 212
Djebar, Assia 206n.13
Dormann, Geneviève 23n.11
Doubrovsky, Serge 10, 24n.20, 25n.23, 174, 175
dream(s) 85, 101, 113, 145, 190, 212, 223
and narrative 17, 29–41
Duras, Marguerite 3, 6, 9, 22n.6, 23n.10,
23n.11, 147, 150, 153n.11, 178
écriture féminine 5, 63, 208
Ernaux, Annie 5, 6, 10, 22n.3, 23n.10, 23n.11
eroticism 14–15, 25n.26, 214–16, 219, 221n.13
Escalle, Clotilde 1, 6, 12, 14–15, 207–21, 223,
224, 238‒9
Herbert jouit 207, 212, 218–19, 239
Où est-il cet amour 14, 207, 212, 216–19
passim, 239
Pulsion 207, 211–12, 214, 217, 218, 238
Un long baiser 207, 211, 218, 238
essentialism 5, 8, 101
evil 20, 182, 188, 190, 197
Fallaize, Elizabeth 1, 6, 12, 18, 20, 21n.2, 21n.3,
22n.3, 77, 227, 232
fantastic, the 132, 142, 143, 144, 150, 152, 176–7,
182–6 passim, 192
fantasy, fantasies 8, 11, 32, 36, 55, 57–8, 59–61,
76n.6, 81, 123, 132, 152, 160, 179, 211, 218,
222, 223
father(s) 36, 38, 66, 76n.4, 129n.10, 136, 151,
210–13 passim
father–daughter relation 18, 36, 67, 71–2,
77–90, 125–7, 134, 135, 136, 201
Felman, Shoshana 16, 17, 25n.30, 25n.31,
26n.36, 38, 41n.10
femininity 8, 12, 82, 85, 87, 89, 96, 122
see also woman, womanness
feminism 3, 6, 8, 123, 178, 208
fiction(s) 2, 4, 9, 10, 20, 22n.3, 42, 61, 63, 65,
79, 132, 150, 161, 164, 219, 220, 222
autobiographical 53, 54, 61
and autobiography 9–10, 68, 79, 171
and the body 13–14, 146