This issue of Feminist Review focuses on the nature of private and public, national and international, colonial and postcolonial pasts and histories as they are and have been written by women novelists, journalists, political activists, and autobiographers.

If the past is by definition the origin of the present, this issue of Feminist Review asks what kind of theorized view of personal-and-political, ethnic, class-related, and (inter)national history women authors offer us. It examines the work of a range of twentieth and twenty-first century women writers from varied cultural backgrounds and explores the multiple perspectives from which they (re)create and (de)construct a feminist political history in their work. This issue features:

• a diverse range of subject matter, historical period and genres under discussion;
• a coherency and novelty of approach in linking the writers together under the banner of women’s (private and public) political histories;
• original and fresh analyses of the work of important twentieth- and twenty-first century women writers; exclusive interviews with Nawal El Saadawi and Sarah Waters.

• Issue 85 (March 2007)

This issue of Feminist Review will feature some of the many high-quality submissions to the Journal, which have been accepted following rigorous peer-review.

• Issue 86 (July 2007)

This issue of Feminist Review focuses on new issues and debates within Italian feminisms.  For example, especially among younger Italian feminists, precariousness has become an organising principle for articulating conditions of work, life, politics and creativity.  This issue engages critically and imaginatively with these debates and developments. The authors adopt a range of disciplinary perspectives to address these issues. Topics include the issue of generational legacy and exchange within Italian feminisms; the examination of contemporary feminist political activism; Italian feminisms’ engagement with female migration; precarious sexual identities; Italian women’s new relationship with the labour market.  The issue will include a substantial ‘Open Space’ section, drawing on workshops held in Italy with feminist groups and activists.

• Issue 87 (Jan 2007)