The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st-Century Feminist Theory (Bloomsbury Handbooks)

The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st-Century Feminist Theory was a PROSE Award finalist. The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st-Century Feminist Theory is the most comprehensive available survey of the state of the art of contemporary feminist thought. With chapters written by world-leading scholars from a range of disciplines, the book explores the latest thinking on key topics in current feminist discourse, including: · Feminist subjectivity – from identity, difference, and intersectionality to affect, sex and the body · Feminist texts – writing, reading, genre and critique · Feminism and the world – from power, trauma and value to technology, migration and community Including insights from literary and cultural studies, philosophy, political science and sociology, The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st-Century Feminist Theory is an essential overview of current feminist thinking and future directions for scholarship, debate and activism. List of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction, Robin Truth Goodman (Florida State University, USA) Part I: The Subject 1. Subject, Susan Hekman, Professor of Political Science (University of Texas at Arlington, USA) 2. Identity, Michelle M. Wright, Professor of African American and Comparative Literary Studies (Northwestern University, USA) 3. Difference, Hortense J. Spillers, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English (Vanderbilt University, USA) 4. Birth, Fanny Söderbäck, Assistant Professor of Philosophy (DePaul University, USA) 5. Body, Maria Margaroni, Associate Professor of English Studies (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) 6. Affect, Anca Parvulescu, Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Humanities (Washington University, USA) 7. Sex, Rita Mookerjee, teaches English (Florida State University, USA) 8. Intersex/Transgender, Kathleen Long, Professor of French (Cornell University, USA) 9. Experience, Alison Phipps, Professor of Gender Studies (University of Sussex, UK) 10. Intersectionality, Aida Hurtado, Professor and Luis Leal Endowed Chair (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) Part II: The Text 11. Language, Kyoo Lee, Professor of Philosophy (John Jay College & the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA) 12. Writing, Aimee Armande Wilson, Assistant Professor of Humanities (University of Kansas, USA) 13. Reading, Nicole Simmek, Associate Professor of French (Whitman College, USA) 14. Realism, Margaret R. Higonnet, Professor of English (University of Connecticut, USA) 15. Poetics, Caitlin Newcomer (California State University Northridge, USA) 16. Translation, Luise von Flotow, Professor and Director of the School of Translation and Interpretation (University of Ottawa, Canada) 17. Genre, Mihoko Suzuki, Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Humanities (University of Miami, USA) 18. Archive, Laura Hughes, Postdoctoral Fellow (New York University, USA) 19. Critique, Ewa Plonowska Ziarek, Professor of Comparative Literature (University of Buffalo, USA) Part III: The World 20. World, Masood Raja, Associate Professor of English (University of North Texas, USA) 21. Environment, Shannon Davis Mancus 22. Anthropocene, Alison Sperling, Department of Women's and Gender Studies (Santa Clara University, USA) 23. The Political, Marios Constantinou, Indepedent Scholar 24. Political Trauma, Joy James, Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Humanities, Africana Studies, and Political Science (Williams College, USA) 25. Labor, Susan Ferguson, Associate Professor of Digital Media and Journalism (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada) 26. Commodity, Robin Truth Goodman, Professor of English (Florida State University, USA) 27. Matter, Emanuela Bianchi, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature (New York University, USA) 28. Technology, Anne Cong-Huyen, Digital Pedagogy Librarian (University of Michigan, USA) 29. Home, Sarah Afzal, teaches English (Florida State University, USA) 30. Migration, Effie Yiannopoulou, Assistant Professor of English (Aristotle University, Greece) 31. Diaspora, Avtar Brah, Professor Emeritus of Sociology (Birkbeck University of London, UK) 32. Community, Mina Karavanta, Associate Professor of Literature and Culture (University of Athens, Greece) 33. Anti-Imperialism, Rashmi Varma, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies (University of Warwick, UK) 34. Future, Bridget Crone, Lecturer in Visual Cultures (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK) and Henriette Gunkel, Lecturer in Visual Cultures (Goldsmiths University of London, UK) Index Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright Information; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; Notes; Works Cited; Part One The Subject; Chapter One Subject; Notes; Works Cited; Chapter Two Identity; Time; Space; Knowledge; Notes; Works Cited; Chapter Three Difference; Getting Started; Defining Difference; Comparative And Contrastive Readings; Strides Toward Diversity; Notes; Works Cited; Chapter Four Birth; Introduction: Feminism And.birth; The Human Condition Of Being.born; The Female Condition Of Giving.birth; The Future Of.birth; Notes; Works Cited Chapter Five Bodyintroduction: After The Corporeal Turn; Part A: Gravity Fields; Mud; Mark; Meat; Part B: Mobility Vectors; Force; Form; Flesh; Notes; Works Cited; Chapter Six Affect; Feminist Genealogies; Expression After The Expressive Subject; Notes; Works Cited; Chapter Seven Sex; Fundamentals Of Twenty-first-century Sex Discourse; Sex, Laws, And Power; Bodies Beyond; Trans Identity And Terf Battles; Redefining Sex From The Margins; Sex Work; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Chapter Eight Intersex/transgender; The Normal And The Pathological: Organizing Gender Intersex/transgender: The Case Of Marin Le Marcisconclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Chapter Nine Experience; Introduction; Experience In Feminist Theory; Experience In Feminist Politics; Experience As Capital: Two Case Studies; Survivor Stories In Sex Industry Politics; Rape In Trans-exclusionary Feminism; My Personal Is More Political: Experience Without Structure; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Works Cited; Chapter Ten Intersectionality; Brief Historical Overview Of Intersectionality; Social Identity Theory, Borderlands Theory, And Intersectionality Master Statuses And Intersectionalityborderlands Theory; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Part Two The Text; Chapter Eleven Language; Appendix; Ummanifesto.2018; Notes; Works Cited; Chapter Twelve Writing; Recovery And Women's Literary Traditions; The Woman's Sentence: Gendered Writing Styles; Notes; Works Cited; Chapter Thirteen Reading; Accountability And Accounting; Ethics, Affects, Politics; Violence And Consensus; Notes; Works Cited; Chapter Fourteen Realism; Periodization; Female Realism; Poetry-anna Barbauld; Charrière; Sand; Works Cited; Chapter Fifteen Poetics Feminism, Poetry, And Theory: An Investigationgranting Permission: Toward A Feminist Poetics; Exploring The Untried: Some (further) Thoughts On Twenty-first-century Feminist Poetics; Notes; Works Cited; Chapter Sixteen Translation; Re-tracing The Burgeoning Feminist Translation Movement; Strategies Of Feminist Translation; Macro-strategies; Translators' Notes, Prefaces, Explanations; Non-translation And Strategic Text Selection; Feminist Publishing, Reviewing, Critiquing; Retranslation; Gratis Translation; Micro-strategies; Stylistic/grammatical Adjustments; Creative/neologistic Translation Edited By Robin Truth Goodman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st-Century Feminist Theory is now a PROSE Award finalist. The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st-Century Feminist Theory is the most comprehensive available survey of the state of the art of contemporary feminist thought. With chapters written by world-leading scholars from a range of disciplines, the book explores the latest thinking on key topics in current feminist discourse, including: · Feminist subjectivity – from identity, difference, and intersectionality to affect, sex and the body · Feminist texts – writing, reading, genre and critique · Feminism and the world – from power, trauma and value to technology, migration and community Including insights from literary and cultural studies, philosophy, political science and sociology, The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st-Century Feminist Theory is an essential overview of current feminist thinking and future directions for scholarship, debate and activism. "The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st-Century Feminist Theory is the most comprehensive available survey of the state of the art of contemporary feminist thought. With chapters written by world-leading scholars from a range of disciplines, the book explores the latest thinking on key topics in current feminist discourse, including: -- Feminist subjectivity - from identity, difference, and intersectionality to affect, sex and the body -- Feminist texts - writing, reading, genre and critique -- Feminism and the world - from power, trauma and value to technology, migration and community Including insights from literary and cultural studies, philosophy, political science and sociology, The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st-Century Feminist Theory is an essential overview of current feminist thinking and future directions for scholarship, debate and activism."--Bloomsbury Publishing. "The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st-Century Feminist Theory is the most comprehensive available survey of the state of the art of contemporary feminist thought. With chapters written by world-leading scholars from a range of disciplines, the book explores the latest thinking on key topics in current feminist discourse, including: -- Feminist subjectivity - from identity, difference, and intersectionality to affect, sex and the body -- Feminist texts - writing, reading, genre and critique -- Feminism and the world - from power, trauma and value to technology, migration and community Including insights from literary and cultural studies, philosophy, political science and sociology, The Bloomsbury Handbook of 21st-Century Feminist Theory is an essential overview of current feminist thinking and future directions for scholarship, debate and activism."-- Provided by publisher