Feminism, Culture and Embodied Practice : the Rhetorics of Comparison.

Within both feminist theory and popular culture, establishing similarities between embodied practices rooted in different cultural and geo-political contexts (e.g. 'African' female genital cutting and 'Western' cosmetic surgery) has become increasingly common as a means of counte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pedwell, Carolyn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
Colección:Transformations.
Temas:
Feminism > Cross-cultural studies.
Women > Cross-cultural studies.
Feminist theory > Cross-cultural studies.
Féminisme > Études transculturelles.
Théorie féministe > Études transculturelles.
Feminism
Feminist theory
Women
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Feminism, culture and embodied practice: The rhetorics of comparison; 1 Comparing cultures: Feminist theory, anti-essentialism and new humanisms; 2 Critical frameworks: Theorising intersectionality, relationality and embodiment; 3 Continuums and analogues: Linking 'African' female genital cutting and 'Western' body modifications; 4 Constitutive comparisons: Producing Muslim veiling, anorexia and 'Western' fashion and beauty practices; 5 Weaving relational webs: Theorising cultural difference and embodied practice.
  • 6 PostscriptNotes; Bibliography; Index.

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