The subject is dead,long live the female subject!

If the model of the humanist subject (that self-sufficient agent of unique thought, speech and action) has been exploded by postmodern revision, what remains for feminists, still seeking a subjectivity of their own? To what degree has the humanist model of the subject eclipsed the feminine, and is it possible to reformulate a female subjectivity outside the masculine economy? Recent feminist philosophy suggests (partial) answers to the questions raised in the debate over women’s self-definition.