Sawicki, Jana,

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.

0415901871 9780415901871 041590188X 9780415901888

91000142


Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984


Feminist theory.

HQ1190 / .S28 1991

305.4201