""Technologies of Gender builds a bridge between the fashionable orthodoxies of academic theory (Lacan, Foucault, Derrida, et al.) and the frequently-marginalized contributions of feminist theory.... In sum, de Lauretis has written a book that should be required reading for every feminist in need of theoretical ammunition-and for every theorist in need of feminist enlightenment."" -B. Ruby Rich""... sets philosophical ideas humming.... she has much to say."" -Cineaste""I can think of no other work that pushes the debate on the female subject forward with such passion and intellectual rigor.""