Chanter (philosophy, DePaul, U.) looks at the fate of gender in philosophical systems of the 20th and 21st centuries. Her topics include formative moments and concepts in the history of feminism, feminism and Marxism, feminist epistemology, and psychoanalytic and post-structural feminist theory and Deleuzian responses to it. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)