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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
July 19, 2007
Pages
162
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780195310535
ISBN-10
0195310535
Dimensions
0.75 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$99.00
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Heyes' monograph in feminist philosophy is on the connection between the idea of "normalization"--which per Foucault is a mode or force of control that homogenizes a population--and the gendered body. Drawing on Foucault and Wittgenstein, she argues that the predominant picture of the self--a picture that presupposes an "inner" core of the self that is expressed, accurately or not, by the outer body--obscures the connection between contemporary discourses and practices of self-transformation and the forces of normalization. In other words, pictures of the self can hold us captive when they are being read from the outer self--the body--rather than the inner self, and we can express our inner self by working on our outer body to conform. Articulating this idea with a mix of the theoretical and the practical, she looks at case studies involving transgender people, weight-loss dieting, and cosmetic surgery. Her concluding chapters look at the difficult issue of how to distinguish non-normalizing practices of the self from normalizing ones, and makes suggestions about how feminists might conceive of subjects as embodied and enmeshed in power relations yet also capable of self-transformation.
The subject of normalization and its relationship to sex/gender is a major one in feminist theory; Heyes' book is unique in her masterful use of Foucault; its clarity, and its sophisticated mix of the theoretical and the anecdotal. It will appeal to feminist philosophers and theorists.
The subject of normalization and its relationship to sex/gender is a major one in feminist theory; Heyes' book is unique in her masterful use of Foucault; its clarity, and its sophisticated mix of the theoretical and the anecdotal. It will appeal to feminist philosophers and theorists.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Oxford Univ Pr (July 19, 2007)
9780195310535 | details & prices | 162 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $99.00
About: Heyes' monograph in feminist philosophy is on the connection between the idea of "normalization"--which per Foucault is a mode or force of control that homogenizes a population--and the gendered body.
About: Heyes' monograph in feminist philosophy is on the connection between the idea of "normalization"--which per Foucault is a mode or force of control that homogenizes a population--and the gendered body.
Paperback
from Oxford Univ Pr (August 16, 2007)
9780195310542 | details & prices | 162 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.29 lbs | List price $38.95
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