Feminist consequences
Subtitle: theory for the new century
By: edited by Elisabeth Bronfen and Misha Kavka.
Contributors: Bronfen, Elisabeth.; Kavka, Misha.
Series: Gender and culture
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
Subjects: Feminist theory; Feminism
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Psychoanalysis and feminism at the millennium / Juliet Mitchell; title: Feminist accused of sexual harassment (excerpt) / Jane Gallop; title: Gender and representation / Rey Chow; title: Whatever happened to feminist theory? / Beatrice Hanssen; title: Ethical ambiguities and specters of colonialism: futures of transnational feminism / Ranjana Khanna; title: The subject of true feeling: pain, privacy, and politics / Lauren Berlant; title: Dark mirrors: a feminist reflection on Holocaust narrative and the maternal metaphor / Claire Kahane; title: Class and gender in narratives of passing / Valerie Smith; title: Redressing grievances: cross-dressing pleasure with the law / Elisabeth Bronfen; title: Contingencies of pleasure and shame: Jamaican women's poetry / Anita Haya Patterson; title: Fierce pussies and lesbian avengers: dyke activism meets celebrity culture / Ann Cvetkovich; title: Enfolding feminism / Mieke Bal; title: Success and its failures / Biddy Martin; title: Becoming-woman: rethinking the positivity of difference / Rosi Braidotti; title: The end of sexual difference? / Judith Butler; title: A return for the future: interview with Drucilla Cornell / Drucilla Cornell, Elisabeth Bronfen, and Misha Kavka.