In the last decade, elements of French feminist discourse have permeated and transformed the larger feminist culture in the United States. This book helps you attempt to revalue French feminism and answer the question: What has been gained and what has been lost as a result of this intercultural encounter?

Introduction: Nancy FraserTwo Interviews with Simone de Beauvoir: Margaret A. SimonsIntroduction to Kofman's "Rousseau's Phallocratic Ends": Nancy J. HollandRousseau's Phallocratic Ends: Sarah KofmanIntroduction to "Sorcerer Love" by Luce Irigaray: Eleanor H. KuykendallSorcerer Love: A Reading of Plato's Symposium, Diotima's Speech: Luce IrigarayDiotima's Speech: Luce IrigarayThe Hidden Host: Irigaray and Diotima at Plato's Symposium: Andrea NyeEssentially Speaking: Luce Irigaray's Language of Essence: Diana J. FussLacanian Psychoanalysis and Frech Feminism: Toward an Adequate Political Psychology: Dorothy LelandThe Subversion of Women's Agency in Psychoanalytic Feminism: Chodorow, Flax, Kristeva: Diana T. MyersThe Body Politics of Julia KristevaJudith ButlerThe Uses and Abuses of French Discourse Theories for Feminist Politics: Nancy FraserContributorsIndex