Gender, love and recognition in I Love Dick and The Other Woman
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12527271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Camilla Schwartz (0000-0003-2878-0953, University of Southern Denmark, corresponding author), Rita Felski (0000-0001-6493-3668, University of Southern Denmark) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 92-106 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Women s Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-5068 • E-ISSN: 1461-7420 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1350506821995911 |
| OpenAlex | W3103253488 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
How might the idea of recognition offer a fresh slant on contemporary women’s writing? In this essay, we bring theories of recognition into dialogue with two literary works: Chris Kraus’s widely reviewed memoir I Love Dick and The Other Woman by the well-regarded Swedish novelist Therese Bohman. Our analysis focuses on recognition within the texts as well as its relevance to relations between texts and readers. We seek to clarify how attitudes to heterosexual love, feminism and same-sex identification are entangled and the broader implications of such entanglements. We are interested in how the protagonists engage the world as readers and the role of literature in shaping their identifications and attachments. Yet, a comparative analysis can also bring to light how a feminist habitus is predicated on class and education, suggesting that these two texts may invite rather different experiences of recognition
Aesthetics · Art · Feminism · Habitus · Identification (biology · Literature · Memoir · Relevance (law · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law in Society and Culture · Multidisciplinary Warburg-centric Studies · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |