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Elizabeth Grosz - Volatile Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Feminism - 9780253208620 - V9780253208620
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Volatile Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Feminism

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Description for Volatile Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Feminism Paperback. Demonstrates that the sexually specific body is socially constructed: biology or nature is not opposed to or in conflict with culture. Examining the theories of Freud, Lacan, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida, and more on the subject of the body, this title concludes that the body they theorize is male. Series: Theories of Representation and Difference. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.

"The location of the author's investigations, the body itself rather than the sphere of subjective representations of self and of function in cultures, is wholly new. . . . I believe this work will be a landmark in future feminist thinking." —Alphonso Lingis

"This is a text of rare erudition and intellectual force. It will not only introduce feminists to an enriching set of theoretical perspectives but sets a high critical standard for feminist dialogues on the status of the body." —Judith Butler

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Examining the theories of Freud, Lacan, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida, etc. on the subject of the body, Elizabeth Grosz concludes that the body they theorize is male. These thinkers are not providing an account of "human" corporeality but of male corporeality. Grosz then turns to corporeal experiences unique to women—menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, menopause. Her examination of female experience lays the groundwork for developing theories of sexed corporeality rather than merely rectifying flawed models of male theorists.

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Product Details

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Series
Theories of Representation and Difference
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253208620
SKU
V9780253208620
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-50

About Elizabeth Grosz
ELIZABETH GROSZ is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Critical and Cultural Studies, Monash University. She is the author of Sexual Subversions: Three French Feminists and Jacques Lacan: A Feminist Introduction.

Reviews for Volatile Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Feminism
"... one of the best cultural studies books on theories of the body." - Passion " ... Grosz writes a thorough and philosophically well-crafted prolegomenon for a new corporeal feminism." - Signs "Working through an impressive range of theories, it raises important questions and ventures into new terrain which invites further exploration."- Rocky Mountain Review " ... a must-read for ... Read more

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