Monique Wittig

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1935 – 2003

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Who was Monique Wittig?

Monique Wittig was a French author and feminist theorist who wrote about overcoming socially enforced gender roles and who coined the phrase "heterosexual contract". She published her first novel, L'Opoponax, in 1964. Her second novel, Les Guérillères, was a landmark in lesbian feminism.

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Born
Jul 13, 1935
Dannemarie, Haut-Rhin
Nationality
  • France
Profession
Education
  • Sorbonne
  • École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
Died
Jan 3, 2003
Tucson

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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