Conflicts in Feminism

Conflicts in Feminismproposes new strategies for negotiating and practicing conflict in feminism. Noted scholars and writers examine the most critically divisive issues within feminism today with sensitivity to all sides of the debates. By analyzing how the debates have worked for and against feminism, and by promoting dialogue across a variety of contexts, these provocative essays explore the roots of divisiveness while articulating new models for a productive discourse of difference.

Contributors include: Elizabeth Abel, King-Kok Cheung, Mary Childers, Nancy Cott, Teresa de Lauretis, Diane Ehrensaft, Carla Freccero, Jane Gallop, Evelyn Hammonds, Bell Hooks, Peggy Kamuf, Katie King, Tom Laqueur, Marni Lazreg, Helen Longio, Nancy Miller, Martha Minow, Sara Ruddick, Joan Scott, Valerie Smith, Ann Snitow and Michelle Stanworth.