Feminism and the New Democracy

Introduction/PART ONE: NATIONAL VICTIMS/`Flowers from the Volcano'/The Politics of Responsibility and Perspectives on Violence against Women/Feminism of the North and West for Export/Transnational Capital and the Racializing of Gender/Exilic Affinities/Diasporic Coalitions in an Epidemic/Forgotten History/Myth Empathy and Assimilated Culture/See No Evil Speak No Evil/Hate Speech and Human Rights/PART TWO: PRACTICISING COALITIONS/Equality Difference and Democracy/Recent Feminist Debates in the United States/Constructing/Deconstructing `Women'/Reflections from the Contemporary Women's Movement in India/(Be)Coming Out/Lesbian Identity and Politics/Genealogical Feminism/A Politic Way of Looking/PART THREE: BODILY LOCATIONS/Spare Parts Family Values Old Children Cheap/The Regulation of Lesbian Sexuality through Erasure/The Case of Jennifer Saunders/Performing Theory/Socrates Sam Kate and Scarlot/PART FOUR: DEMOCRATIC REFLECTIONS/Gender Hierarchy Equality and the Possibility of Democracy/Musing as a Feminist in a Postfeminist Era/The Reflective Solidarity of Democratic Feminism