Transformations: Thinking Through Feminism (Hardcover)

From the Publisher: TRANSFORMATIONS is a thorough assessment of feminism's place in contemporary life. With contributions from some of the most important current feminist thinkers, this book traces both of the shifts in thinking that have allowed feminism to arrive at its present point and the way that feminist agendas have progressed in line with wider social developments. The editors engage in current debates as diverse as globalization, technoscience, embodiment and performativity, taking feminism in fresh directions, mapping new territory and suggesting alternative possibilities. Transformations is a thorough assessment of feminism's place in contemporary life. With contributions from some of the most important current feminist thinkers, this book traces both of the shifts in thinking that have allowed feminism to arrive at its present point and the way that feminist agendas have progressed in line with wider social developments. The editors engage in current debates as diverse as globalization, technoscience, embodiment and performativity, taking feminism in fresh directions, mapping new territory and suggesting alternative possibilities. Transformations is a thorough assessment of feminism's place in contemporary life. With contributions from some of the most important current feminist thinkers, this book traces both of the shifts in thinking that have allowed feminism to arrive at its present point and the way that feminist agendas have progressed in line with wider social developments. The editors engage in current debates as diverse as globalization, technoscience, embodiment and performativity, taking feminism in fresh directions, mapping new territory and suggesting alternative possibilities.