The other within : ethics, politics, and the body in Simone de Beauvoir /
Fredrika Scarth.
- xvi, 195 pages ; 24 cm.
- Feminist constructions .
- Feminist constructions. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-187) and index.
Rethinking the body -- Simone de Beauvoir : a masculine mother? -- Coming of age : ambiguity and the freedom of others -- The Second Sex : ambiguity and the body -- Bodies at risk : the meanings of maternity -- Conclusion : others within - from ethics to politics. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6.
"In The Other Within, Fredrika Scarth offers a reading of The Second Sex as an ethical text, driven by Beauvoir's preoccupation with what possibilities have been closed off to women by patriarchal structures, oppression, and inequality. Scarth provides a unique and enlightening view of Beauvoir's writing on the female body, particularly on maternity. Unlike other feminist scholars who find in Beauvoir's writing a repudiation of motherhood, Scarth argues that Beauvoir's writing on maternity can open up new possibilities of embodied subjectivity and agency, grounding an authentic ethical relationship with the other."--BOOK JACKET.
0742534758 9780742534759 0742534766 9780742534766
2004011722
Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986 Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986. English Deuxième sexe.
Feminist theory. Feminist ethics Human body--Social aspects Human body--Political aspects Sex role--Philosophy