Features essays by scholars in the field of early modern studies on the possibilities of feminist criticism and theory. This book responds to anxieties that feminist criticism is in a state of decline by attending to, instead of ignoring debates and differences that have emerged in light of scholarly work on race, affect, and sexuality.
'Rethinking Feminism offers an unusually candid and crisp account of the challenges that scholars face when they attempt to take "gender," "race," and "sexuality" seriously as equivalent categories of analysis.
Collating first-person accounts of academic politics with examples of divergent ways of doing feminism, this collection argues cogently that a robust feminism must theorize its methods and forcefully make points of disagreement visible.
Loomba and Sanchez insist that feminism must be vigilantly self-critical about its methods and practices. One of the book's main contributions lies, in fact, in making scholarship productively uncomfortable.'
Wendy Wall, Northwestern University, USA
'This vibrant collection models the commitment to debate and contestation that has been the signature of feminist work on the early modern period since the 1980s. Methodologically self-aware, full of new discoveries, and daring both in its expanded deployment and its critique of intersectional analysis, Rethinking Feminism in Early Modern Studies shows why feminism remains a crucial lens through which to explore both the past and the present.'
Jean E. Howard, Columbia University, USA
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'Rethinking Feminism in Early Modern Studies is a stellar collection of essays that will reshape the future of feminist work on this period. This book is a must read for everyone who works on this period and for anyone invested in the feminist agenda.'
Dympna C. Callaghan, Syracuse University, USA
