Disciplining Foucault: Feminism, Power, and the Body by Jana Sawicki
First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Disciplining Foucault
Disciplining Foucault
Summary
Arguing that a Foucauldian feminism is possible, Sawicki rejects the view that the power of the phallocentric is total. Instead, like Foucault, she sees discouse as ambiguous and a source of conflict.
Disciplining Foucault Summary
About Jana Sawicki
Jana Sawicki is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Williams College.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Note on the text -- Introduction. Disciplining Foucault: -- Personal Reflections1. Foucault and Feminism: -- Toward a Politics of Difference -- 2. Identity Politics and Sexual Freedom -- 3. Feminism and the Power of Foucauldian Discourse: Foucault and Mothering Theory -- 4. Disciplining Mothers: Feminism and the New Reproductive Technologies -- 5. Foucault and Feminism: -- A Critical Reappraisal -- Notes -- Index --
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GOR004410045
9780415901888
041590188X
Disciplining Foucault: Feminism, Power, and the Body by Jana Sawicki
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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