ABSTRACT
The historical, political and socio-cultural conditions under which "transatlantic conversations" in feminism take place ought to be analysed more precisely than is possible within the limits. The selectivity accompanying the "latest news-mode" in feminism should not be underestimated; this counts especially true for transatlantic conversations where the unfamiliarity with the respective contexts plays an important role. The author's interest in looking at social and historical nexuses and constellations of inequality and dominance had grown during her stay in the USA, where she had emigrated after having passed my exams as a certified gymnastics teacher in 1967. She thinks that, for an analysis of "transatlantic conversations" one should not merely focus on the contents of travelling theories, but also differentiate more clearly than before between different understandings, emphases and rhetorics of theory within the feminist discourse. As a context of arrival and reception of Anglophone feminist "Theory" and "theories", Germany represented a complex constellation.
