The changing face of feminist discourse as reflected by the career of one of its preeminent scholarsFigures of Resistance brings together the unpublished lectures and little-seen essays of internationally renowned theorist Teresa de Lauretis, spanning over twenty years of her finest work. Thirty years after the height of feminist theory, this collection invites us to reflect on the history of feminism and take a hard look at where it stands today. Selected essays include u0022Sexual Indifference and Lesbian Representation,u0022 u0022The Lure of the Mannish Lesbian,u0022 u0022Eccentric Subjects,u0022 u0022Habit Changes,u0022 u0022The Intractability of Desire,u0022 and the unpublished article u0022Figures of Resistance.u0022 An introduction from feminist film scholar Patricia White provides an overview of the development of de Lauretis's thought and of feminist theory over past decades.