A conversation about feminism

In class last Tuesday, we began to discuss the main points of Cixous's "Sorties" and of the selection we read from Butler's Bodies that Matter. I asked you to consider the two texts in conversation with one another and to respond to the following:

• What are the parameters of the conversation? What are the main concerns of each text? What concerns do they share?
  
• Identify the argument of each text and the foundations (including concepts, theoretical methods, theorists) of each argument.
  
• Describe the writing styles of each theorist and analyze the differences between the two.
• What are the major disagreements in the conversation?

For this week's post (due Wednesday 12/1 by 7 p.m.), engage in the critical conversation. Within a thorough and detailed account of the critical conversation between Cixous and Butler, offer your own analysis of the nature and the place of the "feminine" within feminism.