Gender : key concepts in philosophy /

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Author / Creator:	Chanter, Tina, 1960-
Imprint:	London ; New York : Continuum, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (v, 176 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Key concepts in philosophy Key concepts in philosophy.
Subject:	Feminist theory. Sex role. Gender identity. Feminist theory. Gender identity. Sex role. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11101973

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ISBN:	9781441169686 1441169687 1283206927 9781283206921 0826471684 9780826471680 0826471692 9780826471697
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-172) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Key Concepts in Philosophy provides clear and comprehensive exposition and analysis of the main philosophical theories, ideas and arguments that inform, and are raised by, questions of gender and sexuality. It explores both early feminist arguments, which stress 'sameness' between sexes in the interests of equality, and later theories, which emphasise difference. It raises the question of how succesfully feminist theory has negotiated the relationship between gender, race and class. The text looks at how Marxist and psychoanalytic theory help to articulate feminist theory and also at how they might inhibit it. It also explores the ways in which the approaches of Foucault and Derrida have been taken up by feminist philosophy to reformulate questions of power and ideology. Finally it addresses contemporary questions of sexuality, transgender and technology, and various political issues faced by women, such as rape, abortion and pornography. Philosophy undergraduates will find this an invaluable aid to study, one that goes beyond simple definitions and summaries to really open up fascinating and important ideas and arguments.
Other form:	Print version: Chanter, Tina, 1960- Gender. London ; New York : Continuum, 2007 9781441169686

Table of Contents:

Formative moments and concepts in the history of feminism
Feminism and Marxism : the usefulness and the limitations of parallel models
Disciplining, controlling, and normalizing female sexuality with Foucault and feminist friends : docile and resistant bodies
Feminist epistemology : science, knowledge, gender, objectivity
Postcolonial feminist theory : the rhetorical clash of 'East' and 'West'
Psychoanalytic and poststructuralist feminist theory, and Deleuzian responses.

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