Leaky Bodies and Boundaries

Feminism, Postmodernism and (Bio)ethics
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-415-14617-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 337 g

Drawing on postmodernist analyses, Leaky Bodies and Boundaries presents a feminist investigation into the marginalization of women within western discourse that denies female moral agency and embodiment. With reference to contemporary and historical issues in biomedicine, the book argues that the boundaries of both the subject and the body are no longer secure. The aim is both to valorise women and to suggest that 'leakiness' may be the very ground for a postmodern feminist ethic.
The contribution made by Leaky Bodies and Boundaries is to go beyond modernist feminisms to radically displace the mechanisms by which women are devalued. The anxiety that postmodernism cannot yield an ethics, nor advance feminist concerns is addressed. This book will provide invaluable reading for those studying feminist philosophy, cultural studies and sociology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shildrick, Margrit

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Introduction; Chapter 1 Fabrica(tions); Chapter 2 Foundations; Chapter 3 Fractures; Chapter 4 Feminist ethics; Chapter 5 Feminist theory and postmodernism; Chapter 6 Leaks and flows; Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Margrit Shildrick, formerly Convenor and Lecturer in Women’s Studies at the University of Leeds, is now an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool.