Modern feminist thought contributes decisively to the exploration and revision of theoretical processes concerning the formation of subjectivity, power relations, autonomy and intentional action, identity and difference, the intertwining of discourse and embodiment, the quality of citizenship, ethics, and the politics of social change.
This volume captures the theoretical-political conditions that have shaped feminisms in the last two decades of the twentieth century, as they engage in dialogue with social and anthropological theory, psychoanalysis, transmission, postcolonial studies, literary and cultural criticism.