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Exclusions in Feminist Thought
Challenging the Boundaries of Womanhood

Edited by Mary Brewer
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What does feminism mean at the millennium? Can we say that such a thing as a women’s movement exists anymore, and, if so, in what form? Why are so few women willing to identify as feminist; are we really post-feminism, or do we still need a woman-centered political discourse? And what might a feminist theory and practice capable of addressing the aspirations of all women look like? These are the fundamental questions about women’s needs, experiences, and ideas explored in this volume.
… This powerful and empowering volume challenges conventional notions about differences of race, class and sexuality among women, bringing critical insights from the fields of anthropology, cultural and ethnic studies, history, sociology, and literary studies.
… Examined in this collection are many aspects of exclusion in feminist thought, including women's use of masculinist theory, the processes of tokenism and erasure prevalent in educational institutions, and the status of women in erotic discourse.

Introduction by Mary Brewer Part I Feminism in the Academy: Making Room for Different Subjects 1 Practicing Difference Differently: Cyborg Consciousness and Political Practice Julia Balén 2 Ivory Towers and Guardians of the Word: Language and Discourse in the Academy Susan Jackson 3 TransForm/ando Women’s Studies: Latina Theory Re-Imagines América Margaret A. Villanueva Part II Representation and Resistance 4 Violating the Seal of Race: The Politics of (Post)Identity and the Theatre of Adrienne Kennedy Mary Brewer 5 (Post)Colonial (Dis)orders: Female Embodiment as Chaos in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions and Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine Melissa Chinchillo 6 “See, I’ve got my tit out!”: Women’s Performance Art and Punk Rock Kathleen Iudicello 7 Leaving Las Vegas: Reading the Prostitute as a Voice of Abjection Doreen Piano Part III Challenging Universalism in Feminist Theory and Practice 8 Theorizing Feminisms: Breast Cancer Narratives and Reconstructed “Women” Alyssa O’Brien 9 Aboriginal Women and the Canadian Women’s Movement Angela Slaughter 10 Where Metaphor Meets Materiality: The Spatialized Subject and the Limits of Locational Feminism Rebecca Walsh Part IV Finding a Different Voice 11 Feminism and the Aesthetic Bella Adams 12 Bodily Transactions: Jean Genet in the Feminist Debate Liz Barry 13 “Doing” Judith: Race, Mixed Race and Performativity Michele Hunter 14 Mary Wollstonecraft: Feminist, Lesbian or Transgendered? Ashley Tauchert The Contributors Index
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