Figuring Age engages the virtually invisible subject of older women in western culture. Like other markers of social difference, age is given meaning by a culture. Yet unlike gender and race, the subj
In Ethics after Idealism, Rey Chow explores once again the issue of cultural otherness that has been central to her work. She argues that at a time when cultural identity has become imbricated with th
"This wonderful book does nothing less than to create the next stage of feminist thought." —Catharine R. Stimpson"De Lauretis provides a way of thinking about feminism that accepts rather than tries t
"The book not only confirms the high ethical stakes in informed contemporary reading; it offers a rare readerly pleasure in... exploring the wider cultural significance of gender and the body and thei
A collection of 14 essays on contemporary interpretations of pedagogy resulting from a 1993 conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the topic of personal engagement in teaching. Themes include teaching
Cultural displacement—physical dislocation from one’s native culture or the colonizing imposition of a foreign culture—is one of the most formative experiences of our century. These essays examine the
