Flesh of My FleshWhat is a woman? What is a man? How do theyand how should theyrelate to each other? Does our yearning for "wholeness" refer to something real, and if there is a Whole, what is it, and why do we feel so estranged from it? For centuries now, art and literature have increasingly valorized uniqueness and self sufficiency. The theoreticians who loom so large within contemporary thought also privilege difference over similarity. Silverman reminds us that