King Kong Theory

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Translated by Stéphanie Benson Published in 2010 by the Feminist Press at the City University of New York The Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5406 New York, NY 10016 feministpress.org First Feminist Press edition 2010 First printing Copyright © 2006 by Editions Grasset & Fasquelle Translation copyright © 2009 by Stéphanie Benson Originally published in France by Editions Grasset & Fasquelle in 2006. First English-language edition published in Britain by Serpent’s Tail in 2009. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used, stored in any information retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the Feminist Press at The City University of New York except in case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Cover design by John Yates/Stealworks Text design by Drew Stevens Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Despentes, Virginie, 1969- [King Kong théorie. English] King Kong theory / by Virginie Despentes ; translated by Stéphanie Benson. — 1st Feminist Press ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-55861-657-8 1. Despentes, Virginie, 1969- 2. Authors, French—20th century—Biography. 3. Authors, French—21st century—Biography. 4. Feminism. I. Benson, Stéphanie, 1959- II. Title. PQ2664.E7895Z4613 2010 843.914—dc22 [B] 2009044139 For Karen Bach, Raffaëla Anderson, and Coralie Trinh Thi ...