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Item specifics
- Condition
- Subject
- Feminism & Feminist Theory, Mind & Body, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Movements / Structuralism
- Subjects
- Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9780195310535
- Subject Area
- Philosophy, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Self-Transformations : Foucault, Ethics, and Normalized Bodies
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 6.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Series
- Studies in Feminist Philosophy Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Weight
- 14.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 9.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195310535
ISBN-13
9780195310535
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57061221
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Publication Name
Self-Transformations : Foucault, Ethics, and Normalized Bodies
Language
English
Subject
Feminism & Feminist Theory, Mind & Body, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Movements / Structuralism
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Social Science
Series
Studies in Feminist Philosophy Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
14.3 Oz
Item Length
6.4 in
Item Width
9.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2006-052492
Reviews
"Cressida Heyes has produced a book that should be of great value to Foucault specialists as well as to feminist readers not well acquainted with Foucault. It is accessible and brief enough for undergraduate students, but original and compelling enough to hold the interest and perhaps spark the imaginations of professional philosophers and social theorists. This book deserves a place in every library."-- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, "Cressida Heyes has produced a book that should be of great value to Foucault specialists as well as to feminist readers not well acquainted with Foucault. It is accessible and brief enough for undergraduate students, but original and compelling enough to hold the interest and perhaps sparkthe imaginations of professional philosophers and social theorists. This book deserves a place in every library."--Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, "Cressida Heyes has produced a book that should be of great value to Foucault specialists as well as to feminist readers not well acquainted with Foucault. It is accessible and brief enough for undergraduate students, but original and compelling enough to hold the interest and perhaps spark the imaginations of professional philosophers and social theorists. This book deserves a place in every library."--Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
306.4
Table Of Content
Chapter 1. Pictures of the Self: Wittgenstein and Foucault on Thinking Ourselves DifferentlyChapter 2. Feminist Solidarity after Queer Theory: The Case of the TransgenderChapter 3. Foucault Goes to Weight Watchers (Redux)Chapter 4. Aesthetic Sugery, Aesthetic EthicsChapter 5. Some Aesthetics for the Normalized BodyConclusion: Lifestyle?NotesBibliographyIndex
Synopsis
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.
LC Classification Number
HQ1190.H494 2007
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