Figures of Resistance: Essays in Feminist Theory
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The changing face of feminist discourse as reflected by the career of one of its preeminent scholars Figures of Resistance brings together the unpublished lectures and little-seen essays of internationally renowned theorist Teresa de Lauretis, spanning over twenty years of her finest work. Thirty years after the height of feminist theory, this collection invites us to reflect on the history of feminism and take a hard look at where it stands today. Selected essays include "Sexual Indifference and Lesbian Representation," "The Lure of the Mannish Lesbian," "Eccentric Subjects," "Habit Changes," "The Intractability of Desire," and the unpublished article "Figures of Resistance." An introduction from feminist film scholar Patricia White provides an overview of the development of de Lauretis's thought and of feminist theory over past decades.
Acknowledgments viiIntroduction: Thinking Feminist Patricia White 1RepresentationsRethinking Women's Cinema 25Sexual Indifference and Lesbian Representation 48When Lesbians Were Not Women 72ReadingsThe Lure of the Mannish Lesbian 85Letter to an Unknown Woman 160Public and Private Fantasies in David Cronenberg's M. Butterfly 118EpistemologiesEccentric Subjects 151Upping the Anti [sic] in Feminist Theory 183Habit Changes 199The Intractability of Desire 217Figures of Resistance 235Notes 261Name and Title Index 303
