Chapter 6. "Every woman adores a Fascist": Marguerite Duras, Sylvia Plath, and Feminist Visions of Fascism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgments vii
5. Introduction. "Fascinating Fascism" 1
6. Chapter 1. Fascism and Sadomasochism: The Origins of an Erotics 16
7. Chapter 2. The Libidinal Politics of D. H. Lawrence's "Leadership Novels" 38
8. Chapter 3. The Surreal Swastikas of Georges Bataille and Hans Bellmer 59
9. Chapter 4. Beauty and the Boche: Propaganda and the Sexualized Enemy in Vercors's Silence of the Sea 80
10. Chapter 5. Horizontal Treason: Jean Genet's Funeral Rites 99
11. Chapter 6. "Every woman adores a Fascist": Marguerite Duras, Sylvia Plath, and Feminist Visions of Fascism 120
12. Conclusion. "This Cellar of the Present" 151
13. Notes 161
14. Works Cited 177
15. Index 191