Apter, Emily (S.)

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APTER, Emily (S.)

APTER, Emily (S.). American, b. 1954. Genres: Language/Linguistics, Literary criticism and history. Career: Williams College, Williamstown, MA, assistant professor, 1983-88, associate professor of Romance languages, 1988-90; University of California, Davis, associate professor of French and Italian, 1990-93; University of California, Los Angeles, Dept of Comparative Literature, professor of French and comparative literature, 1993-97, 2000-, chair, 2000-; University of Pennsylvania, visiting professor, 1993; Cornell University, professor of comparative literature, 1997-2000. Publications: Andre Gide and the Codes of Homotextuality, 1987; Feminizing the Fetish: Psychoanalysis and Obsession in Turn-of-the-Century France, 1991; Continental Drift: From National Characters to Virtual Subjects, 1999. Contributor of articles and reviews to literature and language journals. Address: Department of Comparative Literature, and French and Francophone Studies, 212 Royce Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]