num_pages: 248
description: The revolutionary French thinker Jean-Franois Lyotard indicates in many of his writings that one of the most significant philosophical problems is the problem of gender. In spite of this feminist thinkers in both the continental and Anglo-American traditions have largely ignored his work perhaps because his approach to the question of gender is unsystematic fluid and difficult. This volume attempts to situate the central concerns of contemporary feminist theory--aesthetics embodiment performance sexual difference ethics testimony--within Lyotard's writings to show that these concerns have always been there. Contributors discuss film theory body modification feminist critiques of science postholocaust art the feminine sublime and theater. As a whole the book serves as a robust meditation on the nature of the political as understood by Lyotard and demonstrates the many different ways in which feminist concerns are taken up in discussions regarding the nature of the political in contemporary continental thought. An afterword by James Williams--one of the world's leading Lyotard commentators--is included.
language: English
title: Gender After Lyotard
publisher: State University of New York Press