Disciplining Foucault: Feminism, Power, and the Body / Edition 1

by Jana Sawicki

Overview

In this book, the author attempts to integrate previous work on Foucault with feminist theory. She expands discussion of feminism and sexual liberation, charts the impact of Foucault on humanistic studies, and picks up an aspect of the mothering theme, the question of new reproductive technologies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138141254
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/14/2016
Series:	Thinking Gender
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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 --