Feminist Consequences: Theory for the New Century

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Introduction; PART 1 Whatever Happened to Feminism?; 1. Psychoanalysis and Feminism at the Millenium; 2. Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment; 3. Gender and Representation; 4. Whatever Happened to Feminist Theory?; PART 2 The Ethics of Affect; 5. Ethical Ambiguities and Specters of Colonialism: Futures of Transnational Feminism; 6. The Subject of True Feeling: Pain, Privacy, and Politics; 7. Dark Mirrors: A Feminist Reflection on Holocaust Narrative and the Maternal Metaphor; 8. Class and Gender in Narratives of Passing; PART 3 The Pleasures of Agency.;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-r. Introduction PART 1 Whatever Happened to Feminism? 1. Psychoanalysis and Feminism at the Millenium 2. Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment 3. Gender and Representation 4. Whatever Happened to Feminist Theory? PART 2 The Ethics of Affect 5. Ethical Ambiguities and Specters of Colonialism: Futures of Transnational Feminism 6. The Subject of True Feeling: Pain, Privacy, and Politics 7. Dark Mirrors: A Feminist Reflection on Holocaust Narrative and the Maternal Metaphor 8. Class and Gender in Narratives of Passing PART 3 The Pleasures of Agency. 9. Redressing Grievances: Cross-Dressing Pleasure with the Law10. Contingencies of Pleasure and Shame: Jamaican Women's Poetry 11. Fierce Pussies and Lesbian Avengers: Dyke Activism Meets Celebrity Culture PART 4 Where to Feminism? 12. Enfolding Feminism 13. Success and Its Failures 14. Becoming Woman: Rethinking the Positivity of Difference 15. The End of Sexual Difference? 16. A Return for the Future: Interview with Drucilla Cornell Contributors Index.