Bibliographie complète
Volatile bodies: toward a corporeal feminism
Type de ressource
Auteur/contributeur
- Grosz, E. A. (Auteur)
Titre
Volatile bodies: toward a corporeal feminism
Résumé
Volatile Bodies demonstrates that the sexually specific body is socially constructed: biology or nature is not opposed to or in conflict with culture. Human biology is inherently social and has no pure or natural "origin" outside of culture. Being the raw material of social and cultural organization, it is "incomplete" and thus subject to the endless rewriting and social inscription that constitute all sign systems.
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.
Collection
Theories of representation and difference
Lieu
Bloomington
Maison d’édition
Indiana University Press
Date
1994
Nb de pages
xvi, 250
Langue
Anglais
ISBN
978-0-253-32686-7
Titre abrégé
Volatile bodies
Catalogue de bibl.
WorldCat Discovery Service
Extra
Section: xvi, 250 pages
Référence
Grosz, E. A. (1994). Volatile bodies: toward a corporeal feminism. Indiana University Press. https://uqam-bib.on.worldcat.org/oclc/422039755
Approches et analyses
Cours
Discipline
Thématiques
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