On Alterity. A study of monstrosity and difference

by Katarzyna Wieckowska

On Alterity is a meticulous, original, densely argued andtimely critical intervention. In some respects it is a ground-breakingstudy, notably in the way that it contributes to the re-positioning ofthe literary text in the context of the discourses of critical theory."(David Jarrett)

Introduction / 9
1. Encounters /21
1.1. Foreplay /21
1.2. Between love and death /36
2. The delirium of war /75
2.1.D/ejection /79
2.2. Warring /111l
3. Silence and the time of history /138
Envoi /162
Bibliography /165
Acknowledgements /175

173 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Hesham · Rating 3 out of 5]

Concerned with the production of meanings , Katarzyna wieckowska , questions the representation of the feminine and the procedure of constructing her "otherness" and "monstrosity". Her style of writing is heavily influenced by the Derridian deconstruction and her tools of excavating through the text aro those which belong to the psychoanalytics such as Lacan , kristeva and the philosopher of alterity Levinas. Also, via counter-narrative , it shows how the feminine resists and deconstructs the discourse which dominate the cultural production of the feminity , otherness and corporeality .