Feminism and the New Democracy

`A most welcome addition to any political theory course′ - Political Studies`Jodi Dean has compiled an exciting collection of essays that display and advance contemporary feminist contributions to democratic theory and politics. "Feminism" emerges in this volume in dazzling varieties of critical and constructive engagement with "the political". Every essay is a gem. Together, they exemplify the new democratic ethos of solidarity based on a committed engagement and respectful disagreement′ - Christine Di Stefano, University of Washington`An impressive and important collection of work by some of the most important feminist theorists writing today′ - Judith Grant, University of Southern California`Writing from within a broad spectrum of theoretical positions, the contributors to this volume inspire a nuanced reflection on feminist thought and strategies at the end of the twentieth century. The essays illustrate the possibility of embracing the complexities of contemporary politics and identities in such a way that enjoys the ability to analyze the specific, while maintaining a critical optimism about the wider goals of theory and politics. With their avoidance of easy solutions, and by re-directing us to an examination of feminist argument and interpretation, these essays are theoretically sophisticated, inspirational and often moving′ - Vikki Bell, Goldsmiths College, University of London

• IntroductionPART ONE: NATIONAL VICTIMS - `Siting/Citing/Sighting the New Democracy′`Flowers from the Volcano′ - Kathleen B JonesThe Politics of Responsibility and Perspectives on Violence against WomenFeminism of the North and West for Export - Zillah EisensteinTransnational Capital and the Racializing of GenderExilic Affinities - Kate MehuronDiasporic Coalitions in an EpidemicForgotten History - Karen Engle and Ranjana KhannaMyth, Empathy, and Assimilated CultureSee No Evil, Speak No Evil - Renata SaleclHate Speech and Human RightsPART TWO: PRACTICISING COALITIONSEquality, Difference and Democracy - Nancy FraserRecent Feminist Debates in the United StatesConstructing/Deconstructing `Women′ - Manisha DesaiReflections from the Contemporary Women′s Movement in India(Be)Coming Out - Shane PhelanLesbian Identity and PoliticsGenealogical Feminism - Lee QuinbyA Politic Way of LookingPART THREE: BODILY LOCATIONSSpare Parts, Family Values, Old Children, Cheap - Patricia J WilliamsThe Regulation of Lesbian Sexuality through Erasure - Anna Marie SmithThe Case of Jennifer SaundersPerforming Theory - Shannon BellSocrates, Sam, Kate and ScarlotPART FOUR: DEMOCRATIC REFLECTIONSGender Hierarchy, Equality, and the Possibility of Democracy - Drucilla CornellMusing as a Feminist in a Postfeminist Era - Patricia S MannThe Reflective Solidarity of Democratic Feminism - Jodi Dean