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Volatile Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Feminism (Theories of Representation & Difference)

by Elizabeth Grosz

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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. 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. Human biology is inherently social and has no pure or natural origin outside of culture. Being the raw material of social and cultural organization, it is incomplete and thus subject to the endless rewriting and social inscription that constitute all sign systems.

Examining the theories of Freud, Lacan, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida, etc. on the subject of the body, Elizabeth Grosz concludes that the body they theorize is male. These thinkers are not providing an account of human corporeality but of male corporeality. Grosz then turns to corporeal experiences unique to women--menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, menopause. Her examination of female experience lays the groundwork for developing theories of sexed corporeality rather than merely rectifying flawed models of male theorists.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-245) and index.

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ISBN:

9780253208620

Author:

Grosz, Elizabeth

Author:

Grosz, E. A.

Publisher:

Indiana University Press

Location:

Bloomington :

Subject:

Feminism & Feminist Theory

Subject:

Gender identity

Subject:

Body, human

Subject:

Feminist theory

Subject:

Feminist Studies-General

Copyright:

1994

Series:

Theories of Representation & Difference

Series Volume:

9362

Publication Date:

19940631

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

272

Dimensions:

8.42x7.10x.76 in. 1.02 lbs.

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