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Women and children first : feminism, rhetoric, and public policy /

"This diverse collection explores the rhetoric of a wide range of public policies that propose "to put women and children first," including homeland security, school violence, gun control, medical intervention of intersex infants, and policies that aim to distinguish "good"...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Meagher, Sharon M., DiQuinzio, Patrice, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
Colección:SUNY series in gender theory.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This diverse collection explores the rhetoric of a wide range of public policies that propose "to put women and children first," including homeland security, school violence, gun control, medical intervention of intersex infants, and policies that aim to distinguish "good" from "bad" mothers. Using various feminist philosophical analyses, the contributors uncover a logic of paternalistic treatment of women and children that purports to protect them but almost always also disempowers them and sometimes harms them. This logic is widespread in contemporary popular policy discourse and affects the way that people understand and respond to social and political issues. Contributors rethink basic philosophical assumptions concerning subjectivity, difference, and dualistic logic in order to read the rhetoric of contemporary public policy discourse and develop new ways of talking and acting in the policy domain."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 263 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1423747631
9781423747635
079146539X
9780791465394
0791465403
9780791465400
9780791482858
0791482855