The other within : ethics, politics, and the body in Simone de Beauvoir / Fredrika Scarth.
"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 Bea...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2004]
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| Series: | Feminist constructions.
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| Summary: | "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. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 195 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-187) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0742534758 9780742534759 0742534766 9780742534766 |