5 edition of Feminist theory and the body found in the catalog.
Published
1999
by Edinburgh University Press in Edinburgh
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
| Statement | edited by Janet Price and Margrit Shildrick. |
| Contributions | Price, Janet., Shildrick, Margrit. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | HQ1190 .F4634 1999 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | viii, 487 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 487 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL121707M |
| ISBN 10 | 0748610898, 0748610901 |
| LC Control Number | 99488296 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 41636971 |
It encompasses work in a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, economics, women’s studies, literary criticism, art history, psychoanalysis and philosophy. Feminist theory aims to understand gender inequality and focuses on gender politics, power relations and sexuality. Feminist Theory and the Body: A Reader: Price, Janet, Shildrick, Margrit: Books - (9).
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Feminist theory is not only about women; it is about the world, engaged through critical intersectional perspectives. Despite many significant differences, most feminist theory is reliably suspicious of dualistic thinking, generally oriented toward fluid processes of emergence rather than static entities in one-way relationships, and committed to being a political as well as an intellectual Cited by: 6. Feminist theory recognizes many flaws in traditional (Western, Judeo–Christian, European, male) philosophy and offers a new way of thinking about issues affecting humans and our world. R. Tong, in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, Feminist theory encompasses a range of diverse ideas, all of which originate.
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It's perfect if you want to get to know feminist theory as it existed in the 80's and 90's. Gives a good, solid variety of feminist theorists, from Judith Butler to Audre Lorde; phenomonological, radical, post-modern, and psychoanalytical theorists.
The difficulty of the readings also varies; some of the articles are difficult to follow without Cited by: Feminist Theory and the Body book.
Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. First published in Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & 4/5(50). Feminist Theory and the Body: A Reader: 1st (First) Edition Paperback – J by Janet Price (Editor) Janet Price, Margrit Shildrick (Editor) (Author) out of 5 stars 9 ratings.
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Feminist Theory and the Body book. A Reader. By Janet Price, Margrit Shildrick. Edition 1st Edition. First Published eBook Published 25 September Pub. location New York. Imprint by: Feminist Theory and the Body. DOI link for Feminist Theory and the Body.
Feminist Theory and the Body book. A Reader. Feminist Theory and the Body. DOI link for Feminist Theory and the Body. Feminist Theory and the Body book. A Reader. By Janet Price, Margrit Shildrick. Edition 1st Edition. First Published eBook Published 25 September Cited by: In Feminist Theory and the Body Price and Shildrick bring together over 40 of the world's greatest feminist writers to represent the key arguments from all of the different feminist schools of thought on the body.
The book's seven sections cover Woman as Body?, Sexy Bodies, Bodies in Science and Biomedicine, After the Binary, Altered Bodies, BodySpaceMatter and Performing the Body. Feminist Theory and the Body: A Reader. Price and Shildrick bring together over 40 important feminist thinkers to discuss key arguments and issues concerning the body.
It includes articles on race, cyberspace, theatre, classics, transsexuality, reproductive /5(2). Writing on the Body: Female Embodiment and Feminist Theory.
In many fields, the body is the topic generating exciting new research and interdisciplinary inquiry. Feminist theorists, in particular, have focused on the female body as the site where representations of difference and identity are inscribed/5(4).
Most of the chapters in this book began as papers delivered at ‘Feminism and the Body: an interdisciplinary conference’, held in London in I wish to thank my former colleagues at the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King’s College, University of London, and the staff and students of Goodenough College, for hosting this event.
Feminism and the Body. In twentieth century literature, not only are more writers female but even male writers describe and explore the female body in new ways.
For centuries the structure, rhythm and dynamics of literature has been male but in this century we see more variety. Feminist theory is based on the principles and understanding of feminism.
These principles can be broken down into three basic beliefs. Feminism believes that women are, and have always been throughout history, treated differently than men by society, and that women have systematically been prevented from fully participating in all social activities.
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Contents Judith Butler: ' B o d i e s t h a t M a t t e r ' 2 3 5 Susan Bordo: 'Feminism, Foucault and the Politics of the Body' File Size: KB. Feminist Theory and the Body A Reader.
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ISBN: OCLC Number: Description: viii, pages ; 25 cm: Contents: Openings on the body: a critical introduction / Margrit Shildrick with Janet Price --Theories of gender and race / Londa Schiebinger --Woman as body: ancient and contemporary views / Elizabeth V.
Spelman --Bodies and biology / Lynda Birke --My body. Feminist Theory and the Body by Janet Price,available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Feminist Theory and the Body: Janet Price: We use cookies to give you the best possible experience/5(43).
This page contains General information on feminist body studies and information on feminist approaches to Sports. General Information. Balsamo, Anne. Technologies of the Gendered Body. Duke Univ. Press, Bordo, Susan. My Father's Body and Other Unexplored Regions of Masculinity.
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, forthcoming. Bordo, Susan. Social Science, pages. "This book examines disability in the context of two areas - subjectivity and sexuality - in which it has been hitherto suppressed.Feminist Theory and the Body: A Reader: Price, Janet, Shildrick, Margrit: Books - ews: 9.Reviews "Feminist and Queer Theory is a vital contribution to the field of women's, gender, and sexuality studies.
The authors have created a rigorous reader that is also accessible--it is unique, timely, and extremely valuable. The book's transnational focus only adds to its originality and value."--Corie Hammers, Macalester College "Feminist and Queer Theory moves past the assumptions of a U.
