FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordindator ------- Forwarded message follows ------- This message was forwarded to me from MIT Press ===== Original Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jud Wolfskill) at 2/24/00 2:49 pm >The following is a book which readers of this list might find of interest. >For more information please visit >http://mitpress.mit.edu/promotions/books/SHOTHF99 > >Talking Visions >Multicultural Feminism in a Transnational Age >Ella Shohat, editor > >This multivoiced collection of essays and images presents the perspectives >of activists, scholars, artists, and curators from a broad range of >constituencies. Challenging traditional disciplinary and cultural >boundaries, the book moves beyond any unified feminist historical narrative >to present a "relational" feminism of diverse communities, affiliations, >and practices. The texts/images partake of many genres: reflective essay, >testimonial dialogue, performance piece, digital collage, prose poem, and >photomontage. Forging connections between usually compartmentalized areas >of knowledge and of activism, the volume helps us to envision alternative >epistemologies and imaginative alliances. > >Contributors include M. Jacqui Alexander, Meena Alexander, Marina Alvarez, >Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Shu Lea Cheang, Mallika Dutt, Coco Fusco, >Renée Green, Inderpal Grewal, Guerrilla Girls, Jamelie Hassan, Mervat F. >Hatem, Mona Hatoum, Maria Hinojosa, bell hooks, Lisa Jones, Caren Kaplan, >Wahneema Lubiano, Yong Soon Min, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Shirin Neshat, >Lorraine O'Grady, Catherine Opie, Hanh Thi Pham, Adrian Piper, Tricia Rose, >Juan Sanchez, Lorna Simpson, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Annie Sprinkle, >Carmelita Tropicana, Kara Walker, and Lynne Yamamoto. > >Ella Shohat is Professor in the Department of Performing and Creative Arts, >the City University of New York-Staten Island, and Professor of Women's >Studies, Theater/Film, and Cultural Studies, CUNY Graduate Center. > >Copublished with the New Museum of Contemporary Art. > >7 x 9, 566 pp., 66 illus., cloth ISBN 0-262-19426-0 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > | Jud Wolfskill > ||||||| Associate Publicist Phone: (617) 253-2079 > ||||||| MIT Press Fax: (617) 253-1709 > ||||||| Five Cambridge Center E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Cambridge, MA 02142-1493 http://mitpress.mit.edu ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Senior Lecturer Environmental Management & Design Division Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
