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Contents Preface  ix   Acknowledgments  xi Introduction to the Second Edition   xiii 1. The Discourse of Feminisms: The Spectator and the Representation   1 2. Feminism and the Canon: The Question of Universality   19 3. Ideology in Performance: Looking through the Male Gaze   41 4. The Dynamics of Desire: Sexuality and Gender in Pornography and Performance   59 5. Cultural Feminism and the Feminine Aesthetic   83 6. Materialist Feminism: Apparatus-­ Based Theory and Practice   99 Afterword  119 Notes  123 Revised and Updated Bibliography   145 Index to the First Edition   165 ...

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