Transatlantic Conversations

'Recasting four decades of feminist thought, Transatlantic Conversations is feminist scholarship at its best. Letting us experience the situatedness of knowledge in the making, it addresses central issues of today's feminist theory and engagement: How to ensure that travelling theory does not become a metaphor for anglophone hegemony? How to acknowledge differences and establish a shared perspective? Indispensible for those who seek to answer these questions, this is a "must have" for women and gender studies programs on both sides of the Atlantic.' Teresa Kulawik, SA?dertA?rn University, Sweden 'This is a simply excellent collection of feminist essays written in a refreshingly conversational style, which is, at one and the same time, reflexive and reflective and thus clearly well theorized. I found many of the essays so easy to read that it was more like reading a novel or journalistic accounts than a heavily theorized academic albeit feminist tome... The editors are extremely well-known feminist sociologists and as co-editor and previous co-editor of the European Journal of Women's Studies are able to apply theories, like the air they breathe... With 16 substantive essays, in addition to the introduction, I shall not be able to do justice in this review to the rich diversity of the offerings all illustrating the complexities of the development of digressions from the 'feminist canon', US-style. All the essays pose fascinating challenges about transatlantic feminist theories and thought, drawing on a diversity of countries and fields... This book provides an excellent route map and travel guide.' European Journal of Women's Studies 'Transatlantic Conversations is an intellectually rich and superbly edited collection of European and US scholars' descriptions of feminist 'becoming' (Coate, citing Braidotti, 1994)... The feminist constellations explored in this collection allow us - as colleagues, tutors, mentors, students and, yes, even 'academic star