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Frontmatter
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction ix
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Part 1. Whatever Happened to Feminism?
- 1. Psychoanalysis and Feminism at the Millennium 3
- 2. Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment (excerpt) 18
- 3. Gender and Representation 38
- 4. Whatever Happened to Feminist Theory? 58
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Part 2. The Ethics of Affect
- 5. Ethical Ambiguities and Specters of Colonialism: Futures of Transnational Feminism 101
- 6. The Subject of True Feeling: Pain, Privacy, and Politics 126
- 7. Dark Mirrors:A Feminist Reflection on Holocaust Narrative and the Maternal Metaphor 161
- 8. Class and Gender in Narratives of Passing 189
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Part 3. The Pleasures of Agency
- 9. Redressing Grievances: Cross-Dressing Pleasure with the Law 213
- 10. Contingencies of Pleasure and Shame: Jamaican Women’s Poetry 254
- 11. Fierce Pussies and Lesbian Avengers: Dyke Activism Meets Celebrity Culture 283
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Part 4. Where to Feminism?
- 12. Enfolding Feminism 321
- 13. Success and Its Failures 353
- 14. Becoming-Woman: Rethinking the Positivity of Difference 381
- 15. The End of Sexual Difference? 414
- 16. A Return for the Future: Interview with Drucilla Cornell 435
- Contributors 455
- Index 459
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction ix
-
Part 1. Whatever Happened to Feminism?
- 1. Psychoanalysis and Feminism at the Millennium 3
- 2. Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment (excerpt) 18
- 3. Gender and Representation 38
- 4. Whatever Happened to Feminist Theory? 58
-
Part 2. The Ethics of Affect
- 5. Ethical Ambiguities and Specters of Colonialism: Futures of Transnational Feminism 101
- 6. The Subject of True Feeling: Pain, Privacy, and Politics 126
- 7. Dark Mirrors:A Feminist Reflection on Holocaust Narrative and the Maternal Metaphor 161
- 8. Class and Gender in Narratives of Passing 189
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Part 3. The Pleasures of Agency
- 9. Redressing Grievances: Cross-Dressing Pleasure with the Law 213
- 10. Contingencies of Pleasure and Shame: Jamaican Women’s Poetry 254
- 11. Fierce Pussies and Lesbian Avengers: Dyke Activism Meets Celebrity Culture 283
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Part 4. Where to Feminism?
- 12. Enfolding Feminism 321
- 13. Success and Its Failures 353
- 14. Becoming-Woman: Rethinking the Positivity of Difference 381
- 15. The End of Sexual Difference? 414
- 16. A Return for the Future: Interview with Drucilla Cornell 435
- Contributors 455
- Index 459