Chris Weedon teaches critical theory, cultural studies and women's studies at the University of Wales, Cardiff, and her books include Cultural Politics (co-authored with Glenn Jordan, Blackwell, 1995) and Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory, Second Edition (Blackwell, 1996).

"This is a book I would recommend to anyone wanting to understand recent developments in feminist theory. It offers excellent lucid accounts of theoretical debates, locates these effectively within a political context and offers a constructively critical, rather then hostile or celebratory, engagement with a politics of difference." New Formations"This is an extremely useful book for Women's Studies and Gender courses at whatever level". MLR

• List of Illustrations. Preface.Acknowledgements.1. The Question of Difference.2. Challenging Patriarchy, Decentring Heterosexuality: Radical and Revolutionary Feminisms.3. Lesbian Difference, Feminism and Queer Theory.4. Psychoanalysis and Difference.5. The Production and Subversion of Gender: Postmodern Approaches.6. Class.7. Race, Racism and the Problem of Whiteness.8. Beyond Eurocentrism: Feminism and the Politics of Difference in a Global Frame.Notes.Bibliography.Index.

Chris Weedon teaches critical theory, cultural studies and women's studies at the University of Wales, Cardiff, and her books include Cultural Politics (co-authored with Glenn Jordan, Blackwell, 1995) and Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory, Second Edition (Blackwell, 1996).

"This is a book I would recommend to anyone wanting to understand recent developments in feminist theory. It offers excellent lucid accounts of theoretical debates, locates these effectively within a political context and offers a constructively critical, rather then hostile or celebratory, engagement with a politics of difference." New Formations"This is an extremely useful book for Women's Studies and Gender courses at whatever level". MLR

• List of Illustrations. Preface.Acknowledgements.1. The Question of Difference.2. Challenging Patriarchy, Decentring Heterosexuality: Radical and Revolutionary Feminisms.3. Lesbian Difference, Feminism and Queer Theory.4. Psychoanalysis and Difference.5. The Production and Subversion of Gender: Postmodern Approaches.6. Class.7. Race, Racism and the Problem of Whiteness.8. Beyond Eurocentrism: Feminism and the Politics of Difference in a Global Frame.Notes.Bibliography.Index.

Chris Weedon teaches critical theory, cultural studies and women's studies at the University of Wales, Cardiff, and her books include Cultural Politics (co-authored with Glenn Jordan, Blackwell, 1995) and Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory, Second Edition (Blackwell, 1996).

"This is a book I would recommend to anyone wanting to understand recent developments in feminist theory. It offers excellent lucid accounts of theoretical debates, locates these effectively within a political context and offers a constructively critical, rather then hostile or celebratory, engagement with a politics of difference." New Formations"This is an extremely useful book for Women's Studies and Gender courses at whatever level". MLR

• List of Illustrations. Preface.Acknowledgements.1. The Question of Difference.2. Challenging Patriarchy, Decentring Heterosexuality: Radical and Revolutionary Feminisms.3. Lesbian Difference, Feminism and Queer Theory.4. Psychoanalysis and Difference.5. The Production and Subversion of Gender: Postmodern Approaches.6. Class.7. Race, Racism and the Problem of Whiteness.8. Beyond Eurocentrism: Feminism and the Politics of Difference in a Global Frame.Notes.Bibliography.Index.