The Bloomsbury handbook of 21st century feminist theory The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st Century Feminist Theory is the most comprehensive available survey of the state of the art of contemporary feminist thought. With chapters written by world leading scholars from a range of disciplines the book explores the latest thinking on key topics in current feminist discourse including: Feminist subjectivity from identity difference and intersectionality to affect sex and the body Feminist texts writing reading genre and critique Feminism and the world from power trauma and value to technology migration and community Including insights from literary and cultural studies philosophy political science and sociology The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st Century Feminist Theory is an essential overview of current feminist thinking and future directions for scholarship debate and activism. List of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction Robin Truth Goodman (Florida State University USA) Part I: The Subject 1. Subject Susan Hekman Professor of Political Science (University of Texas at Arlington USA) 2. Identity Michelle M. Wright Professor of African American and Comparative Literary Studies (Northwestern University USA) 3. Difference Hortense J. Spillers Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English (Vanderbilt University USA) 4. Birth Fanny Söderbäck Assistant Professor of Philosophy (DePaul University USA) 5. Body Maria Margaroni Associate Professor of English Studies (University of Cyprus Cyprus) 6. Affect Anca Parvulescu Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Humanities (Washington University USA) 7. Sex Rita Mookerjee teaches English (Florida State University USA) 8. Intersex Transgender Kathleen Long Professor of French (Cornell University USA) 9. Experience Alison Phipps Professor of Gender Studies (University of Sussex UK) 10. Intersectionality Aida Hurtado Professor and Luis Leal Endowed Chair (University of California Santa Barbara USA) Part II: The Text 11. Language Kyoo Lee Professor of Philosophy (John Jay College & the Graduate Center CUNY USA) 12. Writing Aimee Armande Wilson Assistant Professor of Humanities (University of Kansas USA) 13. Reading Nicole Simmek Associate Professor of French (Whitman College USA) 14. Realism Margaret R. Higonnet Professor of English (University of Connecticut USA) 15. Poetics Caitlin Newcomer (California State University Northridge USA) 16. Translation Luise von Flotow Professor and Director of the School of Translation and Interpretation (University of Ottawa Canada) 17. Genre Mihoko Suzuki Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Humanities (University of Miami USA) 18. Archive Laura Hughes Postdoctoral Fellow (New York University USA). 19. Critique Ewa Plonowska Ziarek Professor of Comparative Literature (University of Buffalo USA) Part III: The World 20. World Masood Raja Associate Professor of English (University of North Texas USA) 21. Environment Shannon Davis Mancus 22. Anthropocene Alison Sperling Department of Womens and Gender Studies (Santa Clara University USA) 23. The Political Marios Constantinou Indepedent Scholar 24. Political Trauma Joy James Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Humanities Africana Studies and Political Science (Williams College USA) 25. Labor Susan Ferguson Associate Professor of Digital Media and Journalism (Wilfrid Laurier University Canada) 26. Commodity Robin Truth Goodman Professor of English (Florida State University USA) 27. Matter Emanuela Bianchi Associate Professor of Comparative Literature (New York University USA) 28. Technology Anne Cong Huyen Digital Pedagogy Librarian (University of Michigan USA) 29. Home Sarah Afzal teaches English (Florida State University USA) 30. Migration Effie Yiannopoulou Assistant Professor of English (Aristotle University Greece) 31. Diaspora Avtar Brah Professor Emeritus of Sociology (Birkbeck University of London UK) 32. Community Mina Karavanta Associate Professor of Literature and Culture (University of Athens Greece) 33. Anti Imperialism Rashmi Varma Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies (University of Warwick UK) 34. Future Bridget Crone Lecturer in Visual Cultures (Goldsmiths University of London UK) and Henriette Gunkel Lecturer in Visual Cultures (Goldsmiths University of London UK) Index.