Contents

List of figures Notes on contributors Acknowledgments Permissions A m e l i a Jones

INTRODUCTION: AND VI-SUAL CONCEIVING T H EINTERSECTION OF F E M I N I S M CULTURE

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PART ONE Provocations Amelia Jones

TO P A R T ONE 9

INTRODUCTION

Rosemary
FEMINIST

Betterton
VIEWING FEMINISM 1 1

VIEWING:

Jennifer
FEAR A B O U T

Doyle
I N N E WYORK: A NI M P O L I T E A N E C D O T E 1 5 O FH O M O P H O B I A A N D M I S O G Y N Y

A N D L O A T H I N G

T H E I N T E R F A C E

Lisa

Bloom
TRANSNATIONAL WOMEN'S A R TNETWORKS 1 8

CREATING

Judith
ONE

Wilson
BLACK F E M I N I S T VISUAL TH.EORY 2 2

W A YORA N O T H E R :

Faith

Wilding
26

N EXT BODIES

Meiling
THE

Cheng
LIGHTNESS OF SIGHT 2 9

UNBEARABLE

PART TWO Representation Amelia Jones

TO PART TWO 33

INTRODUCTION

John

Berger
37

FROM WAYS OF SEEING

Judy Chicago and Miriam

FEMALE IMAGERY

Schapiro
40

Laura
VISUAL

Mulvey
PLEASURE A N D NARRATIVE CINEMA 4 4

10

Judith Barry and Sandy

TEXTUAL STRATEGIES:

Flitterman-Lewis
O FA R T - M A K I N G 5 3

T H E POLITICS

11

Mary Ann Doane

F I L M A N D T H EM A S Q U E R A D E : T H E O R I Z I N G T H EF E M A L E S P E C T A T O R 6 0

12

Mary

Kelly
IMAGES/IMAGING DESIRE 72

DESIRING

13

Griselda
SCREENING IN FEMINIST

Pollock
T H E SEVENTIES: PRACTICE SEXUALITY A N D REPRESENTATION 7 6 - A BRECHTIAN PERSPECTIVE

14

bell hooks
THE OPPOSITIONAL GAZE: BLACK FEMALE SPECTATORS 9 4

15

Peggy
BROKEN

Phelan
S Y M M E T R I E S : MEMORY, SIGHT, LOVE 1 0 5

PART T H R E E Difference A me I ia J o n e s
INTRODUCTION TO P A R T THREE 115

16

Luce
ANY BY

Irigaray
OF T H E " S U B J E C T " HAS A L W A Y S BEEN A P P R 0 P R I A T EfJ 119

THEORY

THE " M A S C U L I N E "

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Harmony Hammond
LESBIAN ARTISTS 128

18

Monique
THE

Wittig
MIND 130

STRAIGHT

19

Sander
BLACK FEMALE

L.

Gilman
WHITE IN BODIES: LATE TOWARD AN ICONOGRAPHY ART, 136 OF N I N ET E E N T H-C E N T U R Y

BODIES,

SEXUALITY AND

MEDICINE,

LITERATURE

20

T r i n h T.

Minh-ha
" A SPECIAL THIRD WORLD WOMEN ISSUE" 1 5 1

DIFFERENCE:

21

Lorraine
OLYMPIA'S

O'Grady
MAID: RECLAIMING BLACK FEMALE SUBJECTIVITY 1 7 4

22

Sandy Stone
A POSTTRANSSEXUAL MANIFESTO 187

23

Ann Eden
COLOR CASE

Gibson
IN ABSTRACT PAINTING: THE ULTIMATE 1 9 2

AND DIFFERENCE OF M O N O C H R O M E

24

Coco
THE

Fusco
HISTORY OF I N T E R C U L T U R A L PERFORMANCE 2 0 5

OTHER

25

Jose Esteban Munoz

"THE WHITE TO BE A N G R Y " : DRAG VAGINAL CREME DAVIS'S 2 1 7 TERRORIST

PART FOUR Disciplines/Strategies

Amelia Jones
TO P A R T FOUR 2 2 5

INTRODUCTION

26

Linda
WHY

Nochlin
THERE BEEN NO G R E A T WOMEN ARTISTS? 2 2 9

HAVE

27

Camera Obscura
FEMINISM AND FILM:

Collective
CRITICAL APPROACHES 2 3 4

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Adrian
THE

Piper
NEGATION OF COLORED WOMEN ARTISTS 2 3 9

TRIPLE

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M i r a Schor
PATRILIN EAGE 249

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Helene Cixous
BATHSHE'BA ORT H EI N T E R I O R BIBLE 2 5 6

31

I r i t Rogoff
GOSSIP ASTESTIMONY: A POSTMODERN SIGNATURE 2 6 8

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Patricia Morton
THE SOCIAL A N D T H EPOETIC: 1970-2000 FEMINIST PRACTICES IN 2 7 7 ARCHITECTURE,

PART F I V E Mass C u l t u r e / M e d i a A m e l i a Jones

INTRODUCTION TO P A R T FIVE

Interventions

283

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Pratibha Parmar
HATEFUL CONTRARIES: MEDIA IMAGES OFASIAN WOMEN 2 8 7

34

Tania
THE

Modleski
F O RT O M O R R O W I N TODAY'S SOAP OPERAS 2 9 4

SEARCH

35

Suzanne Lacy and Leslie

FEM-INIST M E D I A STRATEGIES

Labowitz
F O RPOLITICAL P E R F O R M A N C E 3 0 2

36

A m e l i a Jones
FEMINISM, INCORPORATED: AGE READING " P O S T F E M I N I S M " -I N A N 3 1 4 ANTI-FEMINIST

37

Lynn Spigel
THE S U B U R B A N HOME IDEAL C O M P A N I O N : I N POSTWAR T E L E V I S I O N A M E R I C A A N D T H E 3 2 9 NEIGHBORHOOD

38

Ann d u C i l l e
BLACK BARBIE A N DT H E D E E P PLAY O FD I F F E R E N C E 3 3 7

39

The G u e r r i l l a Girls
INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION T O THE GUERRILLA GIRLS'

BEDSIDE

COMPANION

TO THE HISTORY

OF WESTERN ART

349

40

Kathleen Zane
REFLECTIONS COSMET-IC O NA Y E L L O W E Y E : ASIAN I(\EYE/)CONS A N D 3 5 4 SURGERY

41 Judith Mayne
FEAR OF F A L L I N G 364

PART SIX Body

Amelia Jones
TO P A R T SIX 369

INTRODUCTION

42

Mary

Douglas
BOUNDARIES 373

EXTERNAL

43

Klaus

Theweleit
THAT FLOWS a n dW O M A N : TERRITORY OF D E S I R E 3 7 5

STREAMS/ALL

44

Andrea

Dworkin
387

PORNOGRAPHY

45

Julia Kristeva
APPROACHING ABJECTION 389

46

Judith

Butler
ACTS A N DG E N D E R C O N S T I T U T I O N : A N ESSAY I N 3 9 2 A N DF E M I N I S T THEORY

P E R F O R M A T I V E

P H E N O M E N O L O G Y

47

Sue-Ellen Case
TOWARD A BUTCH-FEMME AESTHETIC 402

48

Janet Wolff
REINSTATING CORPOREALITY: FEMINISM A N DBODY POLITICS 4 1 4

49

Deborah Fausch
THE KNOWLEDGE OF T H EBODY A N D T H EPRESENCE OF HISTORY: 4 2 6 TOWARD A FEMINIST ARCHITECTURE

50

Susan Leigh Foster

THE BALLERINA'S PHALLIC POINTE 4 3 4

51

Susan Bordo
NEVER JUST PICTURES 454

52

Moira Gatens
EPILOGUE TO IMAGINARY BODIES: ETHICS, POWER AND CORPOREALITY Abb

PART

SEVEN

Technology Amelia Jones

TO P A R T SEVEN 4 7 1

INTRODUCTION

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Donna Haraway
A CYBORG MANIFESTO: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, A N D T W E N T I E T H CENTURY 4 7 5 SOCIALIST-FEMINISM I NT H E L A T E

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N. K a t h e r i n e
VIRTUAL BODIES

Hayles
A N DF L I C K E R I N G SIGNIFIERS 4 9 7

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Elizabeth

Grosz
507

BODIES-CITIES

56

Christine
TO TOUCH

Ross
T H E OTHER: A STORY O FC 0 R P O - E L E C T R O N I C SURFACES 5 1 4

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Maria

Fernandez
MEDIA THEORY 5 2 0

POSTCOLONIAL

58

Sadie

Plant
REFLECTIONS O NW O M E N A N D VIRTUAL REALITY 5 2 8

FEMINISATIONS:

59

VNS M a t r i x
CYBERFEMINIST MANIFESTO 530

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Rosi

Braidotti
WITH A DIFFERENCE 531

CYBERFEMINISM

61

Jennifer
THE

Gonzalez
SUBJECT: RACE A N D IDENTITY A S DIGITAL 5 3 4

APPENDED

ASSEMBLAGE

62

Sharon

Lehner
PIT 545

MY W O M B , T H E MOSH

Index

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