First published 2007 by Coutinho Pub. in Duthch.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-283) and index.

The arena of feminism : Simone de Beauvoir and the history of feminism / Iris van der Tuin -- The arena of the body : the Cyborg and feminist views on biology / Cecilia Asberg -- The arena of knowledge : Antigone and feminist standpoint theory / Sarah Bracke, Maria Puig de la Bellacasa -- The arena of disciplines : Gloria Anzald�ua and interdisciplinarity / Gloria Wekker -- The arena of imaginings : Sarah Bartmann and the ethics of representation / Rosemarie Buikema -- The arena of the colony : Phoolan Devi and postcolonial critique / Sandra Ponzanesi -- The arena of sexuality : the tomboy and queer studies / Renee C. Hoogland -- Madonna's crucifixion and the female body in feminist theology / Anne-Marie de Korte -- The rising of Mary Magdalene in feminist art history / Ann-Sophie Lehmann -- Cindy Sherman confronting feminism and (fashion) photography / Marta Zarzycka -- Peter Pan's gender and feminist theatre studies / Maaike Bleeker -- Lara Croft, Kill Bill and the challenges to theory in feminist film studies / Anneke Smelik -- Hacking Barbie in gendered computer culture / Marianne van den Boomen -- Gender, history, and the politics of Florence Nightingale / Geertje Mak, Berteke Waaldijk -- Helene Swarth and the construction of masculinity in feminist literary criticism / Maaike Meijer -- Dympna and the figuration of the woman warrior / Rosi Braidotti.

Translated from the Dutch.