Women's Studies and Culture

Anneke Smelik is professor of visual culture at Radboud University ofNijmegen (Netherlands).Rosemarie Buikema is professor of art, culture and diversity at Utrecht University (Netherlands).

• Part I1. Of Stories and Sources: Feminist History Writing - Berteke Waaldijk2. Female Readers and Self-Defence: Feminist Literary Theory - Maaike Meijer3. Language and Sex - Dede Brouwer4. How They Have Received Each Other: Women and Popular Culture - Joke Hermes5. Appearances Also Count - Anneke Smelik6. Women in the Limelight: Feminist Theatre Studies - Mieke van Schermbeek7. How Purple is Purple? Feminist Art Studies - Miriam van Rijsingem8. Theme and Variations: Feminist Music Studies - Joke DamePart II9. The Double Self-Consciousness of the Alien: Feminism and Black Criticism - Pamela Pattynama10. Heterosexual Screening: Lesbian Sexuality in the Field of Culture - Renee C. Hoogland11. Alice Walker: Mediator Between Being and Not Being - Liesbeth Brouwer12. In the Footsteps of Anna and Dora: Feminism and Psychoanalysis - Rosi Braidotti

'In this challenging work, feminist scholars cross boundaries to engage readers in a critical multi-cultural dialogue that expands our understanding of feminist theory and practice generally.'bell hooks, City College of New York'A wonderful book for teaching women’s studies.'Joan W Scott, Princeton University