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Foucault and feminism : power, gender and self /

By: McNay, Lois.
Series: Power, Gender and the Self.Publisher: Cambridge : Polity, 1992, (2007)Description: 217 pages ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 0745609384; 9780745609386:; 9780745609386; 0745609392; 9780745609393.Subject(s): Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 | Feminism | Feminist theory | Sex role | Power (Social sciences) | SelfDDC classification: 305.4201 MCN
Contents:
Introduction --- 1. Power, Body and Experience --- 2. From the Body to the Self --- 3. Ethics of the Self. --- 4. The Problem of Justification --- 5. Self and Others --- Conclusion.
Summary: McNay argues that feminism has something to gain from a careful reading of Foucault's work and that, in turn, the concerns of feminist analysis can shed light on some of the limitations of his work.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index.

Introduction --- 1. Power, Body and Experience --- 2. From the Body to the Self --- 3. Ethics of the Self. --- 4. The Problem of Justification --- 5. Self and Others --- Conclusion.

McNay argues that feminism has something to gain from a careful reading of Foucault's work and that, in turn, the concerns of feminist analysis can shed light on some of the limitations of his work.

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