Volatile Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Feminism (Theories of Representation and Difference)
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (892 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0253208629 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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ELIZABETH GROSZ is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Critical and Cultural Studies, Monash University. She is the author of Sexual Subversions: Three French Feminists and Jacques Lacan: A Feminist Introduction.
"Opinion" according to crisante alves. OpinionINTUITION, it, sensitive , body speaking a silence languageThese books are diferents and the stars speak by me,tank You. "The mind returns to the body!" according to A Customer. Grosz's work is a triumph of corporeal phenomenology. The book discusses the role of the body as it pertains to gender, race and sex. The body is not just an atomic aggregate but rather a lived experience. The first part of the book, "Inside Out," explores the psychoanalytic view of the body whereas the part titled "Outside In" covers society's pressures on the body. Grosz concludes by addressing the differences between the male and female body, and how the body-politic cannot be ignored w. "Definitely worth a read" according to A Customer. Thoughtful, energetic discussion of the gendered body. One of the best introductions to Australian feminist theory. quintan wikswo
on the subject of the body, Elizabeth Grosz concludes that the body they theorize is male. It will not only introduce feminists to an enriching set of theoretical perspectives but sets a high critical standard for feminist dialogues on the status of the body." Judith Butler Volatile Bodies demonstrates that the sexually specific body is socially constructed: biology or nature is not opposed to or in conflict with culture. These thinkers are not providing an account of "human" corporeality but of male corporeality. "The location of the author’s investigations, the body itself rather than the sphere of subjective representations of self and of function in cultures, is wholly new. I believe this work will be a landmark in future feminist thinking." Alphonso Lingis"This is a text of rare erudition and intellectual force. Her examination of female experience lays the groundwork for developin
" one of the best cultural studies books on theories of the body." - Passion " Grosz writes a thorough and philosophically well-crafted prolegomenon for a new corporeal feminism." - Signs "Working through an impressive range of theories, it raises important questions and ventures into new terrain which invites further exploration."- Rocky Mountain Review " a must-read for feminist scholars and for any serious scholar of the body." - Review "Volatile Bodies is an enlightening and critically significant addition to feminist discussions of embodiment, sexuality, and difference." - Masculinities "This is a lucidly writ