The physiology of sexist and racist oppression / Shannon Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Shannon, 1967- author.

Series:

Studies in feminist philosophy.

Studies in feminist philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body (Philosophy)--Philosophy.

Human body (Philosophy).

Human physiology--Philosophy.

Human physiology.

Sexism--Philosophy.

Sexism.

Racism.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While gender and race often are considered socially constructed, this book argues that they are physiologically constituted through the biopsychosocial effects of sexism and racism. Examining a complex tangle of affects, emotions, knowledge, and privilege, the book develops an understanding of the human body whose unconscious habits are biological. On this account, affect and emotion are thoroughly somatic, not something 'mental' or extra-biological, layered on top of the body. They also are interpersonal, social, and can be transactionally transmitted between people.

Contents:

Introduction: physiological habits

The hips: on the physiology of affect and emotion

The gut and pelvic floor: on cloacal thinking

The epigenome: on the transgenerational effects of racism

The stomach and the heart: on the physiology of white ignorace

Conclusion: social-political change and physiological transformation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 21, 2015).

ISBN:

0-19-025063-1