Special issue on women's studies as a contribution to the International Conference on the Feminist Research in Europe, Bologna September 28 till October 1 2000, with the following articles: 'Bologna, Europe'/ Anna Maria Tagliavani: 'Gender and beyond: is the concept of gender still useful and acceptable as universal?' / Rosi Braidotti: 'Subject bodies : the feminist debate on Information and Communication Technologies' / Mischa Peters: 'Between culture and politics : some unresolved complex matters of women's history in Italy' / Anna Rossi-Doria: 'The next genderation : young women, feminism and the use of networking' / Esther Vonk: Diasporic crossroads : 'Italian' transnational migrations and the re-definition of the nation'/ Teresa Fiore: 'The art of asking (bad) question' / Sarah Bracke: 'The myth of invasion : Europe and migration: national identities and the danger of historical amnesia'/ Rutvica Andrijasevic: and 'Fragments of a nation : Italian cultural studies from colonial legacy to global perspective'/ by Sandra Ponzanesi.
This book brings three women from different countries together into dialogue. From Judith Butler we find work on social transformation and transformative encounters in this book: Lídia Puigvert has recently reached international relevance with her contribution about the 'other women', who have not yet had a voice in feminism: and Elizabeth Beck-Gernsheim complements this debate with her work about immigrant women. The authors argue the need to open feminism to the plurality of all women’s voices, especially those who are in the margins. This book is a debate, and speaks about transforming gender relations, taking a distance from postmodern stances, and insisting on the need for egalitarian dialogue among women.