The Attack of the Fifty-Foot Women, or How (White, Anglo-American) Feminism Went From Jouissance to Melancholy

Abstract

Recognition of differences within feminism continues to produce charged and ambivalent relationships-particularly about the premises, foundations, and aims of feminism. These sorts of differences are sources of pain and pleasure-sites of ethical and erotic battle; yet, they are nevertheless profoundly productive." Prof. Smith's article engages itself with the current theoretical debates within Women's Studies from an American perspective.