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Jane Gallop - The Phallus and its Temporalities: Sexuality, Disability, and Aging

2016

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Jane Gallop is the author of nine books and nearly a hundred articles that have provided an influential voice for feminism. Topics which include psychoanalysis and feminism; the Marquis de Sade; feminist literary criticism; pedagogy; sexual harassment; photography; and queer theory. See more...

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Readers Write/Vanity

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Disabled Well-Being