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differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies first appeared in 1989 at the moment of a critical encounter—a head-on collision, one might say—of theories of difference (primarily Continental) and the politics of diversity (primarily American). In the ensuing years, the journal has established a critical forum where the problematic of differences is explored in texts ranging from the literary and the visual to the political and social. differences highlights theoretical debates across the disciplines that address the ways concepts and categories of difference—notably but not exclusively gender—operate within culture.

Special issues include

“The Future of the Human” (20:2/3)
—Nancy Armstrong and Warren Montag, special issue editors

“Psychoanalysis and the Question of Social Change” (20:1)
—Elizabeth Weed and Ellen Rooney, special issue editors

“In the Event” (19:2)
—Lloyd Pratt, special issue editor

“God and Country” (18:3)
—Mary Ann Doane, special issue editor

"Indexicality: Trace and Sign" (18:1)
—Mary Ann Doane, special issue editor

"Difference: Reading with Barbara Johnson" (17:3)
—Elizabeth Weed and Ellen Rooney, editors

"Feminist Theory and the Frankfurt School" (17:1)
—Wendy Brown, special issue editor

"Derrida's Gift" (16:3)
—Elizabeth Weed and Ellen Rooney, editors

"The Question of Embodiment" (15:3)
—Elizabeth Weed and Ellen Rooney, editors

"Sexual Politics" (15:2)
—Elizabeth Weed and Ellen Rooney, editors

"Man and Beast" (15:1)
—Elizabeth Weed and Ellen Rooney, editors

"The Lure of the Detail: Critical Reading Today" (14:3)
—Elizabeth Weed and Ellen Rooney, editors

"More on Humanism" (14:2)
—Elizabeth Weed and Ellen Rooney, editors

"On Humanism" (14:1)
—Elizabeth Weed and Ellen Rooney, editors

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Frequency: Three issues annually