Feminist theorists and women filmmakers address issues of marginality and its central role in political strategy. Different approaches reflect the diversity of contemporary feminist theorizing; and essays revisit some classic questions raised by feminist research, situating them in different cultural and sociopolitical milieus.

In "Feminisms in the Cinema", well-known feminist theorists juxtapose their work with that of women filmmakers. Each writer addresses some aspect of marginality, discussing it as a political strategy and as a challenge to power structures. Different approaches reflect the diversity of contemporary feminist theorizing; essays revisit some classic questions raised by feminist research, situating them in different cultural and sociopolitical milieus. Contributors include: Kay Armatage, Giuliana Bruno, Teresa de Lauretis, Judith Mayne, Laura Mulvey, Midi Onodera, B. Ruby Rich, Monika Treut, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Marguerite R. Waller, Christine Welsh, and Patricia White.

Acknowledgments
Introduction / Ada Testaferri
1.
Modes of Identification and Representation
Pandora: Topographies of the Mask and Curiosity / Laura Mulvey
Locating the Displaced View / Midi Onodera
Women in the Shadows: Reclaiming a Metis Heritage / Christine Welsh
OWho is Speaking/O: Of Nation, Community and First Person Interviews / Trinh T. Minh-ha
2.
The Role of Fantasy in Lesbian Representation and Spectatorship
On the Subject of Fantasy / Teresa de Lauretis
Governing Lesbian Desire: NocturneOs Oedipal Fantasy / Patricia White
Female Misbehavior: On the Structure of Paradoxical Obedience in the Sadomasochistic Mise-en-scene / Monika Treut
3.
Inscribing Woman in Socio-Historical Contexts
Neil Shipman: A Case of Heroic Feminity / Kay Armatage
Streetwalking Around PlatoOs Cave / Giuliana Bruno
An/other View of New Latin American Cinema / B. Ruby Rich
4.
Feminist Film Readings: Personal Politics/Social Politics
A Parallax View of Lesbian Authorship / Judith Mayne
Signifying the Holocaust: Liliana CavaniOs Portiere di notte / Margueritte Waller
Contributors
Index