Resident Alien: Feminist Cultural Criticism

"Resident Alien is an engaging work of feminist cultural criticism that offers us the seductively modern figure of the female stranger. Intelligent, unpredictable, and above all mobile in her perspective, Janet Wolff shrewdly dissects the gender politics of travel metaphors at the heart of contemporary theory." Nancy K. Millers, City University of New York "Resident Alien critiques the pervasive sexism permeating our society, ferreting out the gender prejudice not merely flourishing in popular culture but equally pervasive among the brightest lights of modernist creation as well." Linda Nochlin, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University "I am always a little bit disappointed when I pick up a collection of recent essays, but Janet Wolff's Resident Alien is a delightful exception! ... She creatively and insightfully joins together personal moments with larger, more encompassing cultural ones [and] her personal approach with a critical reflection is an exceptionally clear-sighted way to go about cultural criticism generally and feminist cultural criticism specifically." Environment and Planning "A very stimulating book. Wolff's attempt to make theoretical explorations accessible by breaking down the boundaries between academic and personal writing was successful. The essays gain the immediacy of personal writing without becoming bogged down in detailed disclosures or self-justifications." Australian and New Zealand Journal of SociologyWolff, Janet is the author of 'Resident Alien: Feminist Cultural Criticism' with ISBN 9780745612515 and ISBN 0745612512.