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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bronfen, Elisabeth.

Kavka, Misha.

Series:

Gender and Culture Series

Gender and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (507 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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. Contributors include Mieke Bal, Lauren Berlant, Rosi Braidotti, Elisabeth Bronfen, Judith Butler, Rey Chow, Drucilla Cornell, Ann Cvetkovich, Jane Gallop, Beatrice Hanssen, Claire Kahane, Ranjana Khanna, Biddy Martin, Juliet Mitchell, Anita Haya Patterson, and Valerie Smith.Feminist Consequences, representing the forefront of international feminist thought, marks a new and long-desired stage of feminist criticism where women are themselves making theory rather than reacting to male production.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction / Kavka, Misha

Part 1. Whatever Happened to Feminism?

1. Psychoanalysis and Feminism at the Millennium / Mitchell, Juliet

2. Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment (excerpt) / Gallop, Jane

3. Gender and Representation / Chow, Rey

4. Whatever Happened to Feminist Theory? / Hanssen, Beatrice

Part 2. The Ethics of Affect

5. Ethical Ambiguities and Specters of Colonialism: Futures of Transnational Feminism / Khanna, Ranjana

6. The Subject of True Feeling: Pain, Privacy, and Politics / Berlant, Lauren

7. Dark Mirrors:A Feminist Reflection on Holocaust Narrative and the Maternal Metaphor / Kahane, Claire

8. Class and Gender in Narratives of Passing / Smith, Valerie

Part 3. The Pleasures of Agency

9. Redressing Grievances: Cross-Dressing Pleasure with the Law / Bronfen, Elisabeth

10. Contingencies of Pleasure and Shame: Jamaican Women's Poetry / Patterson, Anita Haya

11. Fierce Pussies and Lesbian Avengers: Dyke Activism Meets Celebrity Culture / Cvetkovich, Ann

Part 4. Where to Feminism?

12. Enfolding Feminism / Bal, Mieke

13. Success and Its Failures / Martin, Biddy

14. Becoming-Woman: Rethinking the Positivity of Difference / Braidotti, Rosi

15. The End of Sexual Difference? / Butler, Judith

16. A Return for the Future: Interview with Drucilla Cornell / Cornell, Drucilla / Bronfen, Elisabeth / Kavka, Misha

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231530149

0231530145

OCLC:

818858236