..". Fraser and Bartky have brought the encounter between U.S. andFrench feminism to a new level of seriousness." --EthicsIn the last decade, elements of French feminist discoursehave permeated and transformed the larger feminist culture in the United States.This volume is the first sustained attempt to revalue French feminism and answer thequestion: What has been gained and what has been lost as a result of thisintercultural encounter?Interviews with Simone de Beauvoir openthe book, essays by French feminists Sarah Kofman and Luce Irigaray follow, theNorth American contributors are Judith Butler, Nancy Fraser, Diana J. Fuss, Nancy J.Holland, Eleanor H. Kuykendall, Dorothy Leland, Diana T. Meyers, Andrea Nye, andMargaret A. Simons.