Most of the essays were previously published in a special issue of Boundary 2.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Feminism and postmodernism; or, the way we live now / Jennifer Wicke and Margaret Ferguson -- Postmodern identities and the politics of the (legal) subject / Jennifer Wicke -- Feminism and postmodernism : another view / Mary Poovey -- Feminisms and feminizations in the postmodern / David Simpson -- Feminism and the politics of postmodernism / Linda Nicholson -- Ambiguity and alienation in The second sex / Toril Moi -- Screwing the system : sexwork, race, and the law / Ann McClintock -- Bodies and God : poststructuralist feminists return to the fold of spiritual materialism / Kathryn Bond Stockton -- "In the golden chariot things will be better" : translated by Barbara Harlow / Salwa Bakr -- Our lady of MTV : Madonna's "Like a prayer" / Carla Freccero -- Soft boundaries and relatedness : paradigm for a postmodern feminist musical aesthetics / Claire Detels -- Wet, dark, and low, eco-man evolves from eco-woman / Andrew Ross -- "Greatness" : philology and the politics of mimesis / Marjorie Garber -- "At the end of the day" : an interview with Mairead Keane, national head of Sinn Fein Women's Department / Laura E. Lyons.