Technologies of Gender

"Technologies of Gender builds a bridge between the fashionableorthodoxies of academic theory (Lacan, Foucault, Derrida, et al.) and thefrequently-marginalized contributions of feminist theory.... In sum, de Lauretis haswritten a book that should be required reading for every feminist in need oftheoretical ammunition -- and for every theorist in need of feministenlightenment." -- B. Ruby Rich

..". sets philosophicalideas humming.... she has much to say." -- Cineaste

"Ican think of no other work that pushes the debate on the female subject forward withsuch passion and intellectual rigor." -- SubStance

This bookaddresses the question of gender in poststructuralist theoretical discourse, postmodern fiction, and women's cinema. It examines the construction of gender bothas representation and as self-representation in relation to several kinds of textsand argues that feminism is producing a radical rewriting, as well as a rereading, of the dominant forms of Western culture.