Toward a politics of the (im)possible : the body in third world feminisms / / Anirban Das [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Dāśa Anirbāṇa
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Anthem Press, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 210 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 306.4
• Soggetto topico: Human body - Developing countries; Feminism - Developing countries
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; The Argument; The Book; Chapter 1 BODY, POWER AND IDEOLOGY; Introduction; Question of Power - The Hierarchical Constitution of Subjects; Ideology and Spectral Embodiment; Chapter 2 THINKING THE BODY:METAPHORICITY OF THE CORPOREAL; Introduction; The Body, Thingness and Ideologies; 'The Woman in the Body' - Metaphors of Embodiment; Beyond Performativity: Universals and Other Generalities; Chapter 3 THINKING THE BODY:NEGOTIATING THE OTHER/DEATH; Introduction; How to Write (about) Death? ; Medicine: Making Up the NormalThe Body in Death: Beyond the Post/Modern; Dying and the Dasein: Towards an Ontology of Death; From Ontology to Ethics: Embodying Death; Chapter 4 THINKING THE BODY:BEYOND THE TOPOS OF MAN; Introduction; The Woman in Ontological Difference; Property Talks: The (Non)Space of the Name; Figuring Sexual Difference: Multiple Singularities; Yashobati's Story - Maya in a Trace-Structure; Chapter 5 VIOLENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY:EMBODIED FEMINISMS; Introduction; Third World Feminisms: The Politics of Locationand Experience ; Eating Others: An Inquiry into the Notionsof Iterability and ResponsibilityIn Conclusion TOWARD A POLITICS OF THE (IM)POSSIBLE; What is to be Done?; End Matter; NOTES; Chapter 1: Body, Power and Ideology; Chapter 2: Thinking the Body: Metaphoricity of the Corporeal; Chapter 3: Thinking the Body: Negotiating the Other/Death; Chapter 4: Thinking the Body: Beyond the Topos of Man; Chapter 5: Violence and Responsibility: Embodied Feminisms; In Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents a philosophical discussion on the issues of the body and knowledge from a feminist perspective.
• Titolo autorizzato: Toward a politics of the (im)possible
• ISBN: 1-283-37746-2; 9786613377463; 1-84331-342-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460096903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Anthem Studies in Development and Globalization