Telling Flesh by Vicki Kirby
In Telling Flesh, Vicki Kirby addresses a major theoretical issue at the intersection of the social sciences and feminist theory -- the separation of nature from culture. Kirby focuses particularly on postmodern approaches to corporeality, and explores how these approaches confine the body within questions about meaning and interpretation. Kirby explores the implications of this containment in the work of Jane Gallop, Judith Butler, and Drucilla Cornell, as well as in recent cyber-criticism. By analysing the inadvertent repetition of the nature/culture division in this work, Kirby offers a powerful reassessment of dualism itself."The strength of Telling Flesh lies in Kirby's keen diagnostic eyeShe has an amazing grasp of the intricacies of complex theoretical positions in contemporary cultural studies and she follows them through tenaciously.
I was most impressed by Vicki Kirby's sophisticated critical analysis of some of the most widely used but least understood concepts in deconstruction, psychoanalysis, linguistics, poststructuralism, pheonomenology, and feminine theory." -- Gail Weiss Hypatia
Vicki Kirby teaches in the Department of Sociology, Culture and Communication at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415910293 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415910293 |
| Title | Telling Flesh |
| Author | Vicki Kirby |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1997-09-16 |
| Number of pages | 210 |
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