Figures of resistance : essays in feminist theory / Teresa de Lauretis ; edited and with an introduction by Patricia White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Lauretis, Teresa.

Contributor:

White, Patricia, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Lesbianism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The changing face of feminist discourse as reflected by the career of one of its preeminent scholars Figures of Resistance brings together the unpublished lectures and little-seen essays of internationally renowned theorist Teresa de Lauretis, spanning over twenty years of her finest work. Thirty years after the height of feminist theory, this collection invites us to reflect on the history of feminism and take a hard look at where it stands today. Selected essays include "Sexual Indifference and Lesbian Representation, " "The Lure of the Mannish Lesbian, " "Eccentric Subjects, " "Habit Changes, " "The Intractability of Desire, " and the unpublished article "Figures of Resistance." An introduction from feminist film scholar Patricia White provides an overview of the development of de Lauretis's thought and of feminist theory over past decades.

Contents:

Introduction: Thinking feminist / Patricia White

Rethinking women's cinema

Sexual indifference and lesbian representation

When lesbians were not women

The lure of the mannish lesbian

Letter to an unknown woman

Public and private fantasies in David Cronenberg's M. Butterfly

Eccentric subjects

Upping the anti [sic] in feminist theory

Habit changes

The intractability of desire

Figures of resistance.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-301) and index.

ISBN:

9786613223838

9781283223836

128322383X

9780252090967

0252090969

OCLC:

628386660