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Book SynopsisThis major new book is the most up--to--date account of current feminist debates, written by some of the worlda s leading feminist thinkers. The 1980s saw a devastating critique of the simple unities of woman or womana s experience as a theoretical basis for feminist politics.
Trade Review'Challenges in many ways the traditional discipline of political science.'
Acta Politica 'Exciting collection. All the contributions are interesting. Their authors display an enviable grasp of contemporary critical theory and yet, in the limited space allocated to them, they manage to deal with complex issues about discourse, language and representation in a clear, succinct and relatively accessible way. This collection should thus play an important part in introducing these debates to the uninitiated, the sceptical and those without much time.' Feminist Review
'An invaluable teaching text in social and political theory courses.' ANZJS
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements.
1. Introduction: Michele Barrett and Anne Phillips.
2. Universal Pretensions in Political Thought: Anne Phillips.
3. Post-Post Modernism? Theorizing Social Complexity: Sylvia Walby.
4. 'Women's Interests' and the Post-Structuralist State: Rosemary Pringle and Sophie Watson.
5. Feminist Encounters: Locating the Politics of Experience: Chandra Talpade Mohanty.
6. Sexual Practice and Changing Lesbian Identities: Biddy Martin.
7. Power, Bodies and Difference: Moira Gatens.
8. Feminism, Painting, History: Griselda Pollock.
9. The Politics of Translation: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
10. Words and Things: Materialism and Method in Contemporary Feminist Analysis: Michele Barrett.
