Bibliograph

Feminist consequences, theory for the new century, edited by Elisabeth Bronfen and Misha Kavka

Type

Label

Feminist consequences, theory for the new century, edited by Elisabeth Bronfen and Misha Kavka

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Feminist consequences

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

51606507

Responsibility statement

edited by Elisabeth Bronfen and Misha Kavka

Series statement

Gender and culture

Sub title

theory for the new century

Summary

Over the past half century, Buddhism has grown from a transplanted philosophy to a full-fledged religious movement in America, rich in its own practices, leaders, adherents, and institutions. Long favored as an essential guide to this history, Buddhism in America covers the three major groups shaping the tradition-an emerging Asian immigrant population, native-born converts, and old-line Asian American Buddhists-and their distinct yet spiritually connected efforts to remake Buddhism in a Western context. This edition updates existing text and adds three new essays on contemporar

Table Of Contents

Psychoanalysis and feminism at the millennium / Juliet Mitchell -- Feminist accused of sexual harassment (excerpt) / Jane Gallop -- Gender and representation / Rey Chow -- Whatever happened to feminist theory? / Beatrice Hanssen -- Ethical ambiguities and specters of colonialism: futures of transnational feminism / Ranjana Khanna -- The subject of true feeling: pain, privacy, and politics / Lauren Berlant -- Dark mirrors: a feminist reflection on Holocaust narrative and the maternal metaphor / Claire Kahane -- Class and gender in narratives of passing / Valerie Smith -- Redressing grievances: cross-dressing pleasure with the law / Elisabeth Bronfen -- Contingencies of pleasure and shame: Jamaican women's poetry / Anita Haya Patterson -- Fierce pussies and lesbian avengers: dyke activism meets celebrity culture / Ann Cvetkovich -- Enfolding feminism / Mieke Bal -- Success and its failures / Biddy Martin -- Becoming-woman: rethinking the positivity of difference / Rosi Braidotti -- The end of sexual difference? / Judith Butler -- A return for the future: interview with Drucilla Cornell / Drucilla Cornell, Elisabeth Bronfen, and Misha Kavka

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