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The Laugh of the Medusa is an essay on feminist criticism by

"The Laugh of the Medusa" (1975) is a landmark essay in feminist literary theory by the French writer and theorist Hélène Cixous, in which she coins the concept of "écriture…

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"The Laugh of the Medusa" (1975) is a landmark essay in feminist literary theory by the French writer and theorist Hélène Cixous, in which she coins the concept of "écriture féminine" (feminine writing) and urges women to write their own bodies and voices into text.

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