Feminism, Foucault, and Embodied Subjectivity
Author | : Margaret A. McLaren |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780791487938 |
ISBN-13 | : 0791487938 |
Rating | : 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Download or read book Feminism, Foucault, and Embodied Subjectivity written by Margaret A. McLaren and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing central questions in the debate about Foucault's usefulness for politics, including his rejection of universal norms, his conception of power and power-knowledge, his seemingly contradictory position on subjectivity and his resistance to using identity as a political category, McLaren argues that Foucault employs a conception of embodied subjectivity that is well-suited for feminism. She applies Foucault's notion of practices of the self to contemporary feminist practices, such as consciousness-raising and autobiography, and concludes that the connection between self-transformation and social transformation that Foucault theorizes as the connection between subjectivity and institutional and social norms is crucial for contemporary feminist theory and politics.