Un lieu d’énonciation de la vérité : les religieuses hermaphrodites de Port-Royal en 1665

Abstract

This paper shows the manner in which, in 1665, the production of print publications participates in the constitution of a geographical and sociological enunciation place (Port-Royal abbeys) as a womanhood place, that is to say a specific idea of womanliness. It occurs by means of an original subversion of the differences between women and men which can be describe by Louis Marin’s concept of neuter.

Keywords

• gender
• Port-Royal
• enunciation place
• nuns
• Marin (Louis)