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Slavery in the Orient MODERNITY DID NOT form itself unilaterally or in isolation but through a complex circulation, translation, and interpenetration of texts. The abolition movement and orientalism--or more generally, [...]

The author maintains that Sarah Fielding's 'David Simple' portrays manly women and feminine men as more complex than reversals of accepted stereotypes. The social and political context of this novel, earlier models of effeminacy, and the difference between that characteristic and feminization are discussed.

The term Anglo-American feminism needs to be recognized as a term created to homogenize feminism's differences rather than as a true reflection of a pioneering school of thought. Consequently, its application to current feminism should be prevented. It serves the goals of current feminism to present a united but conservative front, because radical action is considered inappropriate. However, this approach ignores the potential of a collective feminism and creates divisions within feminism rather than working together for compatible goals.

An argument that actresses drew the eighteenth-century theater into its contemporary moment by resetting and realigning the audience's relationship to time is presented considering the productions of Nathaniel Lee's popular Restoration tragedy 'The Rival Queens'.

The difficult but necessary task of feminist theorists and critics of the21st century to cultivate cultural authority is discussed. It should be achieved through an engagement with history.

The difficult but necessary task of feminist theorists and critics of the21st century to cultivate cultural authority is discussed. It should be achieved through an engagement with history.