Feminism, culture and embodied practice : the rhetorics of comparison / Carolyn Pedwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pedwell, Carolyn.

Series:

Transformations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Cross-cultural studies.

Feminism.

Women--Cross-cultural studies.

Women.

Feminist theory--Cross-cultural studies.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 countering cultural essentialism, ethnocentrism and racism. Feminism, Culture and Embodied Practice examines how cross cultural comparisons of embodied practices function as a rhetorical device - with particular theoretical, social and political effects - in a range of contemporary feminist texts. It asks: Why and how are c

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-99968-6

1-135-99969-4

1-282-64007-0

9786612640070

0-203-87753-5

9780203877531

OCLC:

642661380