Sexing the Self by Elspeth Probyn
Faced with the seemingly enormous difficulty of representing `others', many theorists working in Cultural Studies have been turning to themselves as a way of speaking about the personal. InSexing the SelfElspeth Probyn tackles this question of the sex of the self, an issue of vital importance to feminists and yet neglected by feminist theory until now, to suggest that there are ways of using our gendered selves in order to speak and theorize non-essential but embodied selves. Arguing for `feminisms with attitude',Sexing the Selfranges across a wide range of theoretical strands, drawing upon a body of literature from early Cultural Studies to Anglo-American feminist literary criticism, from `identity debates' to Foucault's `care of the self'.
Elspeth Probyn is professor and chair of gender and cultural studies at the University of Sydney. Her previous books include Sexing the Self (1993), Outside Belongings (1996), Carnal Appetites (2000), and Sexy Bodies (1995). She has also coedited a collection on the ethics of new forms of media and is a columnist for the Australian.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415073561 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415073561 |
| Title | Sexing the Self |
| Author | Elspeth Probyn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1993-04-08 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
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