Feminist consequences : theory for the new century / edited by Elisabeth Bronfen and Misha Kavka.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bronfen, Elisabeth.

Kavka, Misha

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Gender and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 468 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2001]

Summary:

Exploring the status of feminism in this "postfeminist" age, this sophisticated meditation on feminist thinking over the past three decades moves away from the all too common dependence on French theorists and male thinkers and instead builds on a wide-ranging body of feminist theory written by women. These writings address the question "Where are we going?" as well as "Where have we come from?" As evidenced in the essays compiled here, the multiplicity of directions available to this new feminism ranges from poststructuralist academic theory through cultural activism to re-readings of law, literature, and representation.

Contents:

Psychoanalysis and feminism at the millennium / Juliet Mitchell

Feminist accused of sexual harassment (excerpt) / Jane Gallop

Gender and representation / Rey Chow

Whatever happened to feminist theory? / Beatrice Hanssen

Ethical ambiguities and specters of colonialism: futures of transnational feminism / Ranjana Khanna

The subject of true feeling: pain, privacy, and politics / Lauren Berlant

Dark mirrors: a feminist reflection on Holocaust narrative and the maternal metaphor / Claire Kahane

Class and gender in narratives of passing / Valerie Smith

Redressing grievances: cross-dressing pleasure with the law / Elisabeth Bronfen

Contingencies of pleasure and shame: Jamaican women's poetry / Anita Haya Patterson

Fierce pussies and lesbian avengers: dyke activism meets celebrity culture / Ann Cvetkovich

Enfolding feminism / Mieke Bal

Success and its failures / Biddy Martin

Becoming-woman: rethinking the positivity of difference / Rosi Braidotti

The end of sexual difference? / Judith Butler

A return for the future: interview with Drucilla Cornell / Drucilla Cornell, Elisabeth Bronfen, and Misha Kavka.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0231117043

0231117051

OCLC:

44701773