Figures of resistance :
De Lauretis, Teresa
Figures of resistance : essays in feminist theory / Teresa de Lauretis ; edited and with an introduction by Patricia White. - Urbana ; Chicago : University of Illinois Press, c2007. - 310 p. ; ill. b&w ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Thinking feminist / Patricia White --
Pt. 1. Representations --
Ch. 1. Rethinking women's cinema --
Ch. 2. Sexual indifference and lesbian representation --
Ch. 3. When lesbians were not women --
Pt. 2. Readings --
Ch. 4. The lure of the mannish lesbian --
Ch. 5. Letter to an unknown woman --
Ch. 6. Public and private fantasies in David Cronenberg's M. Butterfly --
Pt. 3. Epistemologies --
Ch. 7. Eccentric subjects --
Ch. 8. Upping the anti [sic] in feminist theory --
Ch. 9. Habit changes --
Ch. 10. The intractability of desire --
Ch. 11. Figures of resistance.
The changing face of feminist discourse as reflected by the career of one of its preeminent scholars.
Figures of Resistance brings together the unpublished lectures and little-seen essays of internationally renowned theorist Teresa de Lauretis, spanning over twenty years of her finest work. Thirty years after the height of feminist theory, this collection invites us to reflect on the history of feminism and take a hard look at where it stands today. Selected essays include "Sexual Indifference and Lesbian Representation," "The Lure of the Mannish Lesbian," "Eccentric Subjects," "Habit Changes," "The Intractability of Desire," and the unpublished article "Figures of Resistance." An introduction from feminist film scholar Patricia White provides an overview of the development of de Lauretis's thought and of feminist theory over past decades.
9780252074394
Feminist theory
Lesbianism
305.401
Figures of resistance : essays in feminist theory / Teresa de Lauretis ; edited and with an introduction by Patricia White. - Urbana ; Chicago : University of Illinois Press, c2007. - 310 p. ; ill. b&w ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Thinking feminist / Patricia White --
Pt. 1. Representations --
Ch. 1. Rethinking women's cinema --
Ch. 2. Sexual indifference and lesbian representation --
Ch. 3. When lesbians were not women --
Pt. 2. Readings --
Ch. 4. The lure of the mannish lesbian --
Ch. 5. Letter to an unknown woman --
Ch. 6. Public and private fantasies in David Cronenberg's M. Butterfly --
Pt. 3. Epistemologies --
Ch. 7. Eccentric subjects --
Ch. 8. Upping the anti [sic] in feminist theory --
Ch. 9. Habit changes --
Ch. 10. The intractability of desire --
Ch. 11. Figures of resistance.
The changing face of feminist discourse as reflected by the career of one of its preeminent scholars.
Figures of Resistance brings together the unpublished lectures and little-seen essays of internationally renowned theorist Teresa de Lauretis, spanning over twenty years of her finest work. Thirty years after the height of feminist theory, this collection invites us to reflect on the history of feminism and take a hard look at where it stands today. Selected essays include "Sexual Indifference and Lesbian Representation," "The Lure of the Mannish Lesbian," "Eccentric Subjects," "Habit Changes," "The Intractability of Desire," and the unpublished article "Figures of Resistance." An introduction from feminist film scholar Patricia White provides an overview of the development of de Lauretis's thought and of feminist theory over past decades.
9780252074394
Feminist theory
Lesbianism
305.401