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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Figures of Resistance brings together the unpublished lectures and little-seen essays of internationally renowned theorist Teresa de Lauretis, spanning over twenty years of her finest work.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"The Lure of the Mannish Lesbian," "Eccentric Subjects," "Habit Changes," "The Intractability of Desire," and the unpublished article "Figures of Resistance."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.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page
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  1. Copyright Page
  2. pp. -5
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. INTRODUCTION: Thinking Feminist
  2. pp. 1-22
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  1. PART I REPRESENTATIONS
  1. 1 Rethinking Women's Cinema
  2. pp. 25-47
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  1. 2 Sexual Indifference and Lesbian Representation
  2. pp. 48-71
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  1. 3 When Lesbians Were Not Women
  2. pp. 71-82
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  1. PART II READINGS
  1. 4 The Lure of the Mannish Lesbian
  2. pp. 85-99
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  1. 5 Letter to an Unknown Woman
  2. pp. 100-117
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  1. 6 Public and Private Fantasies in David Cronenberg's M. Butterfly
  2. pp. 118-148
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  1. PART III EPISTEMOLOGIES
  1. 7 Eccentric Subjects
  2. pp. 151-182
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  1. 8 Upping the Anti [sic] in Feminist Theory
  2. pp. 183-198
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  1. 9 Habit Changes
  2. pp. 199-216
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  1. 10 The Intractability of Desire
  2. pp. 217-234
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  1. 11 Figures of Resistance
  2. pp. 235-260
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  1. NOTES
  2. pp. 261-302
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  1. NAME AND TITLE INDEX
  2. pp. 303-310
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