Mary Eagleton is Reader in the School of Cultural Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University. She is the author of Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader (Blackwell Publishing, Second Edition, 1996), and its accompanying Working with Feminist Criticism (Blackwell Publishing, 1996).

• Notes on Contributors viiAcknowledgements xiIntroduction 1Mary Eagleton 1 Place and Space 11Linda McDowell 2 Time 32Krista Cowman and Louise A. Jackson 3 Class 53Rosemary Hennessy 4 ‘Race’ 73Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Meg Coulson 5 Sexuality 93Rey Chow 6 Subjects 111Chris Weedon 7 Language 133Sara Mills 8 Literature 153Mary Eagleton 9 The Visual 173Griselda Pollock 10 Feminist Philosophies 195Rosi Braidotti 11 Cyberculture 215Jenny Wolmark 12 Feminist Futures 236Sara Ahmed Select Bibliography 255Index 257

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