Exploring the status of feminism in this "postfeminist" age, this work on feminist thinking aims to move away from the all too common dependence on French theorists and male thinkers and instead builds on feminist theory written by women. These writings address the question "Where are we going?" as well as "Where have we come from?"

3. Gender and Representation, by Rey Chow 4. Whatever Happened to Feminist Theory?, by Beatrice Hanssen Part 2 The Ethics of Affect 5. Ethical Ambiguities and Specters of Colonialism: Futures of Transnational Feminism, by Ranjana Khanna 6. The Subject of True Feeling: Pain, Privacy, and Politics, by Lauren Berlant 7. Dark Mirrors: A Feminist Reflection on Holocaust Narrative and the Maternal Metaphor, by Claire Kahane 8. Class and Gender in Narratives of Passing, by Valerie Smith Part 3 The Pleasures of Agency 9. Redressing Grievances: Cross-dressing Pleasure with the Law, by Elisabeth Bronfen 10. Contingencies of Pleasure and Shame: Jamaican Women's Poetry, by Anita Haya Patterson 11. Fierce Pussies and Lesbian Avengers: Dyke Activism Meets Celebrity Culture, by Ann Cvetkovich Part 4 Where to Feminism? 12. Enfolding Feminism, by Mieke Bal 13. Success and Its Failures, by Biddy Martin 14. Becoming-Woman: Rethinking the Positivity of Difference, by Rosi Braidotti 15. The End of Sexual Difference?, by Judith Butler A Return to the Future: An Interview with Drucilla Cornell Introduction, by Misha Kavka Part 1 Whatever Happened to Feminism? 1. Psychoanalysis and Feminism at the Millennium, by Juliet Mitchell 2. Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment (excerpt), by Jane Gallop

Exploring the status of feminism in this "postfeminist" age, this sophisticated meditation on feminist thinking over the past three decades moves away from the all too common dependence on French theorists and male thinkers and instead builds on a wide-ranging body of feminist theory written by women. These writings address the question "Where are we going?" as well as "Where have we come from?" As evidenced in the essays compiled here, the multiplicity of directions available to this new feminism ranges from poststructuralist academic theory through cultural activism to re-readings of law, literature, and representation.