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Is There Such a Thing as “Woman Writing”? Julia Kristeva, Judith Butler and Writing as Gendered Experience (2017)
Journal Article
Gambaudo, S. (2017). Is There Such a Thing as “Woman Writing”? Julia Kristeva, Judith Butler and Writing as Gendered Experience. Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities, 22(1), 23-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/0969725x.2017.1285605

The article revisits the idea that writing may be gendered and asks whether we can define what a “woman writing” practice might be. We do this through a comparative study of the work of Julia Kristeva and Judith Butler. Both have expressed reservatio... Read More about Is There Such a Thing as “Woman Writing”? Julia Kristeva, Judith Butler and Writing as Gendered Experience.

The regulation of gender in menopause theory (2015)
Journal Article
Gambaudo, S. (2017). The regulation of gender in menopause theory. Topoi, 36(3), 549-559. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-015-9351-2

'The regulation of gender in menopause theory' offers a critical commentary on some key theories of menopause experience. It aims to show that the theorisation of menopause keeps to the same epistemic and ideological lines as hegemonic understandings... Read More about The regulation of gender in menopause theory.

Kristeva, Ethics and Intellectual Practice (2014)
Journal Article
Gambaudo, S. (2014). Kristeva, Ethics and Intellectual Practice. Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture, 4(4), 145-160. https://doi.org/10.2478/texmat-2014-0010

The aim of this article is to revisit the work of the French philosopher Julia Kristeva and ask what place we might give her conceptual framework today. I will focus on one key aspect of Kristeva’s work, sexual difference, as that which ties most, if... Read More about Kristeva, Ethics and Intellectual Practice.

Citation of Maternal Narratives: A Butlerian Reading of Janet Frame's Autobiography (2013)
Journal Article
Gambaudo, S. (2013). Citation of Maternal Narratives: A Butlerian Reading of Janet Frame's Autobiography. Life Writing, 10(3), 295-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/14484528.2013.802412

Narratives express and constrain what we might say about experience. In this paper, I want to explain how Janet Frame (1924–2004) was conditioned by her mother to learn and use pre-agreed narratives of family history, the accurate performance of whic... Read More about Citation of Maternal Narratives: A Butlerian Reading of Janet Frame's Autobiography.

Julia Kristeva, 'woman's primary homosexuality' and homophobia (2013)
Journal Article
Gambaudo, S. (2013). Julia Kristeva, 'woman's primary homosexuality' and homophobia. European Journal of Women's Studies, 20(1), 8-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506812456460

This article offers a critical reading of what Julia Kristeva calls ‘woman’s primary homosexuality’ and discusses homophobia in Kristeva’s work. If we are to draw conclusions on the merits and limitations of Kristeva’s theories of sexuality, homophob... Read More about Julia Kristeva, 'woman's primary homosexuality' and homophobia.

Melancholia in Janet Frame's Faces in the Water (2012)
Journal Article
Gambaudo, S. (2012). Melancholia in Janet Frame's Faces in the Water. Literature and Medicine, 30(1), 42-60. https://doi.org/10.1353/lm.2012.0008

New Zealand author Janet Frame was initially diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1945, during her stay in Seacliff Mental Hospital, Dunedin, following a mental breakdown. She spent eight years in and out of psychiatric institutions in New Zealand. The di... Read More about Melancholia in Janet Frame's Faces in the Water.

French Feminism vs Anglo-American Feminism : A Reconstruction (2007)
Journal Article
Gambaudo, S. (2007). French Feminism vs Anglo-American Feminism : A Reconstruction. European Journal of Women's Studies, 14(2), 93-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506807075816

This article opens with the questioning of a now established scholarly category, `French feminism'. It proposes that theoretical and polemical understandings of `French feminism' have been founded on an opposition to its counterpart, `Anglo-American... Read More about French Feminism vs Anglo-American Feminism : A Reconstruction.