Although published as a single article, this piece is a collection of five short essays about politics and culture in women’s studies, and their political and theoretical significance. In the first one, DuBois opens the discussion by voicing that the current interest in “women’s culture” should not eclipse the interest in the political history of feminism. She also says that there are self-defeating and reactionary aspects of nineteenth century women’s culture, originated in the dominance of a repressive male culture. On the other side, the following three essays consider the relationship between politics and culture, and between female and male cultural forms, as separate spheres. The last author, Temma Kaplan, analyzes the relations between culture and politics in the European and third world context.
