Abstract
The “posthuman turn” has changed the focus of feminists from reflections on humanism which had been supported by poststructural theory since the 1980s to a pluralistic posthumanist perspective， and this turn enriches the genealogy of feminist theory. This paper probes into the multiple resources for and main theoretical arguments of “posthuman feminism，” focusing particularly on how posthuman feminism continues with and breaks through from poststructuralist feminism， that is， the ways in which posthuman feminism challenges the limits of liberal humanism as well as opens up an anti-anthropocentric dimension on the basis of a new materialist ontology. By examining the new views on “subjectivity” and “sexuality/gender” of posthuman feminism， this paper aims to reflect on the significance of this new theoretical discourse for contemporary cultural criticism.
Keywords
new ontology；view of subjectivity；view of gender；posthuman feminism
First Page
130
Last Page
139
Recommended Citation
Liu, Xi. 2023. "New Views of Subjectivity and Gender Informed by New Ontology： A Study of the Genealogy of Posthuman Feminism." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 43, (3): pp.130-139. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol43/iss3/14
