Critical condition : feminism at the turn of the century / Susan Gubar.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute. 1. Introduction. 2. Women Artists and Contemporary Racechanges. 3. Lesbian Studies 201 (As Taught by Creative Writers). 4. Eating the Bread of Affliction: Judaism and Feminism. 5. The Graying of Professor Erma Bombeck -- Pt. II. Contending Forces. 6. What Ails Feminist Criticism? 7. Feminist Misogyny; or, The Paradox of "It Takes One to Know One" 8. A Chapter on the Future.

"Is feminism dead, as has been claimed by notable members of the media and the academy? Has feminist knowledge, with its proliferation of methodologies and fields, been purchased at the price of power? Are the conflicts among feminists evidence of self-destructive infighting or do they herald the emergence of innovative modes of inquiry? Given a feminism now ensconced within higher education as specialized or fractious scholarship, Susan Gubar's Critical Condition: Feminism at the Turn of the Century demonstrates that an invigorated concentration on activism and artistry can accentuate not the clinical or disparaging meaning of "critical" but its sense of compelling urgency and irreverent vitality."--BOOK JACKET. "Gubar's forays into art and activism politics and the profession provide a sometimes distressing, sometimes comical, sometimes optimistic view of feminism emerging from a time of contention into a lively period of pluralized perspectives and disciplines."--BOOK JACKET.

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