Subjects of sex/gender/desire. "Women" as the subject of feminism
The compulsory order of sex/gender/desire
Gender : the circular ruins of contemporary debate
Theorizing the binary, the unitary, and beyond
Identity, sex, and the metaphysics of substance
Language, power, and the strategies of displacement
Prohibition, psychoanalysis, and the production of the heterosexual matrix. Structuralism's critical exchange
Lacan, Riviere, and the strategies of masquerade
Freud and the melancholia of gender
Gender complexity and the limits of identification
Reformulating prohibition as power
Subversive bodily acts. The body politics of Julia Kristeva
Foucault, Herculine, and the politics of sexual discontinuity
Monique Wittig : bodily disintegration and fictive sex
Bodily inscriptions, performative subversions
Conclusion: From parody to politics.
1. Subjects Of Sex/Gender/Desire: --
I. "Women" as the Subject of Feminism; --
II. The Compulsory Order of Sex/Gender/Desire; --
III. Gender: The Circular Ruins of Contemporary Debate; --
IV. Theorizing the Binary, the Unitary and Beyond; --
V. Identity, Sex and the Metaphysics of Substance; --
VI. Language, Power and the Strategies of Displacement; --
2. Prohibition, Psychoanalysis, and The Production Of The Heterosexual Matrix: --
I. Structuralism's Critical Exchange; --
II. Lacan, Riviere, and the Strategies of Masquerade; --
III. Freud and the Melancholia of Gender; --
IV. Gender Complexity and the Limits of Identification; --
V. Reformulating Prohibition as Power; --
3. Subversive Bodily Acts: --
I. The Body Politics of Julia Kristeva; --
II. Foucault, Herculine, and the Politics of Sexual Discontinuity; --
III. Monique Wittig -- Bodily Disintegration and Fictive Sex; --
IV. Bodily Inscriptions, Performative Subversions; --