Third Wave Feminism: A Critical Exploration

by Stacy Gillis (Editor)

Foreword; I.Whelehan Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; S.Gillis, G.Howie & R.Munford PART GENERATIONS AND GENEALOGIES 'Feminists Love a Utopia': Collaboration, Conflict and the Futures of Feminism; L.S.Sanders On the Genealogy of A Defence of Anti-Essentialism; A.Stone Kristeva and the Trans-missions of the Signs, Mothers and Speaking in Tongues; M.Orr Feminist The Logic of Late Feminism; G.Howie & A.Tauchert Transgender Queering the Woman Question; S.Stryker Theorizing the The Contributions of Postfeminism and Third Wave Feminism; A.D.Lotz 'You're not One of Those Boring Masculinists, Are You?': The Question of Male-Embodied Feminist Criticism; A. Shail PART LOCALES AND LOCATIONS Wa(i)ving it all Subject Formation and Knowledge Formation in Feminisms of Colour; M.N.Chakraborty 'It's all About the Benjamins': Economic Determinants of Third Wave Feminism in the United States; L.Heywood & J.Drake Imagining Feminist The Third Wave, Postfeminism and Eco/feminism; N.Moore A Different Reflections on Feminism in Contemporary Poland; A.Graff Global Feminism, Transnational Political Economies, Third World Cultural Production; W.Woodhull Neither Cyborg nor The (Im)possibilities of Cyberfeminism; S.Gillis PART POLITICS AND POPULAR CULTURE Contests for the Meaning of Third Wave Feminism and Popular Consciousness; E.K.Garrison 'Also I Wanted so Much to Leave for the West': Postcolonial Feminism Rides the Third Wave; A.Valassopoulos (Un)fashionable The Media and Ally McBeal; K.Gorton 'Kicking Ass is Comfort Food': Buffy as Third Wave Feminist Icon; P.Pender 'My Guns are in the Fendi!': The Postfeminist Female Action Hero; C.L.Stasia Sexing it Up? Women, Pornography and the Third Wave Feminism; M.Waters 'Wake Up and Smell the Lipgloss': Gender, Generation and the (A)politics of Girl Power; R.Munford IN DIALOGUE Interview with Luce Irigaray; G.Howie Interview with Elaine Showalter; S.Gillis & R.Munford Afterword; J.Spencer Index

Genres: Feminism, Nonfiction

348 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2004

Reviews

[Junie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a comprehensive collection, ample in presenting the complexity of what feminism has become. Definitely could be used as a great text for a modern women's studies class.