De Lauretis, Teresa (1938–)

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De Lauretis, Teresa (1938–)

American feminist and educator. Born 1938 in Italy.

Work, influenced by poststructuralist theories, focuses on representations of women in cinema and exclusions of representations of lesbianism in many feminist theories; appointed professor of History of Consciousness at University of California, Santa Cruz; writings include La Sintassi del desiderio (1976), Umberto Eco (1980), Alice Doesn't: Feminism, Semiotics, Cinema (1984), and Technologies of Gender: Essays on Theory, Film and Fiction (1987); edited Feminist Studies/Critical Studies (1986).

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