Namascar Shaktini
Namascar Shaktini | |
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 Shaktini in 2019 | |
| Born | 8 January 1939 Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Occupations | Academic, Author, Activist |
Namascar Shaktini (born Margaret Clarice Orr; 8 January 1939) is an American academic and professor of French and comparative literature. During her time in Paris, she went by the name Margaret Stephenson.[1]
Education
She holds a PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she wrote a thesis titled The Problem of Gender and Subjectivity Posed by the New Subject Pronoun "j/e" in the Writing of Monique Wittig.[2][3]
Activism
Shaktini played a key role in the founding of the Mouvement de libération des femmes (MLF) while conducting her doctoral research in Paris under the supervision of Roland Barthes[4].
In August 1970, she participated in the Laying of flowers for the wife of the Unknown Soldier and was arrested by the police.[5]
Publications
Edited collections
- On Monique Wittig: Theoretical, Political, and Literary Essays, Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 2005. (Ed. Namascar Shaktini).[6]
Chapters
- "Introduction to 'For a Women’s Liberation Movement'", in On Monique Wittig: Theoretical, Political, and Litterary Essays, Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 2005. (Ed. Namascar Shaktini).[6]
- "The Critical Mind and The Lesbian Body", in On Monique Wittig: Theoretical, Political, and Litterary Essays, Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 2005. (Ed. Namascar Shaktini).[6]
- "Le projet matérialiste du Corps lesbien et son matériau anatomique", in Lire Monique Wittig aujourd’hui, Presses universitaires de Lyon, 2012.[7]
References
- ↑ Namascar Shaktini (2023). "About Namascar Shaktini". Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ↑ Shaktini, Namascar (1991). The Problem of Gender and Subjectivity Posed by the New Subject Pronoun "j/e" in the Writing of Monique Witting. University of California, Santa Cruz. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ↑ Martindale, Kym (2001). "Author(iz)ing the Body" (PDF). European Journal of Women's Studies. 8 (3): 343–358. doi:10.1177/135050680100800306.
- ↑ "FAU - Namascar Shaktini". www.fau.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-05..
- ↑ S. Duverger et S. Jagodzinski. ""Les médias sont en soi un miroir déformant" - Entretien avec Cathy Bernheim". blogs.nouvelobs.com.
- 1 2 3 Wittig, Ami·es de Monique (2021-01-12). "Namascar Shaktini (ed.), On Monique Wittig: Theoretical, Political & Litterary Essays" (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- ↑ Wittig, Ami·es de Monique (2021-01-28). "Namascar Shaktini — Le projet matérialiste du Corps lesbien et son matériau anatomique" (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-21.