Jane Gallop, who has been called a "poststructuralist Mae West," is one of the most controversial feminist literary critics in the United States. Her work bridges the often disparate fields of feminism, French studies, psychoanalysis, and pedagogical theory. She has written six books and many articles on such diverse topics as the Marquis de Sade, French and American feminism, Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, pedagogy, and sexual harassment. Gallop has taught at Miami University, Emory University, Rice University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, as well as at the School of Criticism and Theory. A self-confessed exhibitionist, she has made a name for herself not only through the rigor of her readings, but also by the manner in which she has combined professional, scholarly writing with a more personal, playful side--as witnessed by a skirt made of men's ties in which she frequently lectures.

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