The main purpose of this thesis is to draw attention to the "positive" signification of physical suffering. In four chapters bodily female suffering is analysed -respectively- as a way of self...Show moreThe main purpose of this thesis is to draw attention to the "positive" signification of physical suffering. In four chapters bodily female suffering is analysed -respectively- as a way of self-identification, a call to action, a means of identification with the disastrous Other, and a condition for the production knowledgeShow less
