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Feminism and the Biological Body

1999 Science
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Release : 1999
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Book Synopsis Feminism and the Biological Body by : Lynda Birke

Download or read book Feminism and the Biological Body written by Lynda Birke. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bodies may be currently fashionable in social and feminist theory, but their insides are not. Biological bodies always seem to drop out of debates about the body and its importance in Western culture.

Vital Signs

1998 Medical
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Release : 1998
Genre : Medical
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Book Synopsis Vital Signs by : Margrit Shildrick

Download or read book Vital Signs written by Margrit Shildrick. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From anorexia, sexuality, skin, pregnancy, the mouth, menstruation, biopsychiatry and male hysteria, to the heart, this work examines the relationships between feminism, the body and biomedicine. The book uses post-conventional/post-modern theory in the area of bio/logical body and the clinic.

Psychosomatic

2004-06-16 Psychology
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Release : 2004-06-16
Genre : Psychology
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Book Synopsis Psychosomatic by : Elizabeth A. Wilson

Download or read book Psychosomatic written by Elizabeth A. Wilson. This book was released on 2004-06-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can scientific theories contribute to contemporary accounts of embodiment in the humanities and social sciences? In particular, how does neuroscientific research facilitate new approaches to theories of mind and body? Feminists have frequently criticized the neurosciences for biological reductionism, yet, Elizabeth A. Wilson argues, neurological theories—especially certain accounts of depression, sexuality, and emotion—are useful to feminist theories of the body. Rather than pointing toward the conventionalizing tendencies of the neurosciences, Wilson emphasizes their capacity for reinvention and transformation. Focusing on the details of neuronal connections, subcortical pathways, and reflex actions, she suggests that the central and peripheral nervous systems are powerfully allied with sexuality, the affects, emotional states, cognitive appetites, and other organs and bodies in ways not fully appreciated in the feminist literature. Whether reflecting on Simon LeVay’s hypothesis about the brains of gay men, Peter Kramer’s model of depression, or Charles Darwin’s account of trembling and blushing, Wilson is able to show how the neurosciences can be used to reinvigorate feminist theories of the body.

The Rejected Body

2013-01-11 Philosophy
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Release : 2013-01-11
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis The Rejected Body by : Susan Wendell

Download or read book The Rejected Body written by Susan Wendell. This book was released on 2013-01-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rejected Body argues that feminist theorizing has been skewed toward non-disabled experience, and that the knowledge of people with disabilities must be integrated into feminist ethics, discussions of bodily life, and criticism of the cognitive and social authority of medicine. Among the topics it addresses are who should be identified as disabled; whether disability is biomedical, social or both; what causes disability and what could 'cure' it; and whether scientific efforts to eliminate disabling physical conditions are morally justified. Wendell provides a remarkable look at how cultural attitudes towards the body contribute to the stigma of disability and to widespread unwillingness to accept and provide for the body's inevitable weakness.

Feminism and the Body

2000 History
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Release : 2000
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Feminism and the Body by : Londa L. Schiebinger

Download or read book Feminism and the Body written by Londa L. Schiebinger. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of classic essays in feminist body studies investigates the history of the image of the female body; from the medical 'discovery' of the clitoris, to the 'body politic' of Queen Elizabeth I, to women deprecated as 'Hottentot Venuses' in the nineteenth century. The text look at the way in which coverings bear cultural meaning: clothing reform during the French Revolution, Islamic veiling, and the invention of the top hat; as well as the embodiment of cherished cultural values in social icons such as the Statue of Liberty or the Barbie doll. By considering culture as it defines not only women but also men, this volume offers both the student and the general reader an insight into the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural study involved in feminist body studies.

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