Disciplining Foucault : feminism, power, and the body /
Jana Sawicki.
- xiii, 130 pages ; 24 cm.
- Thinking gender .
- Thinking gender. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-126) and index.
Foucault and feminism : toward a politics of difference -- Identity politics and sexual freedom -- Feminism and the power of Foucauldian discourse : Foucault and mothering theory -- Disciplining mothers : feminism and the new reproductive technologies -- Foucault and feminism : a critical reappraisal.
"Arguing that a Foucauldian feminism is possible, Sawicki rejects the view that the power of the phallocentric is total. Instead, like Foucault, she sees discouse as ambiguous and a source of conflict."--Publisher description.