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Body talk : philosophical reflections on sex and gender
- Author
- Zita, Jacquelyn N.
- Title
- Body talk : philosophical reflections on sex and gender / Jacquelyn N. Zita.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Columbia University Press, c1998.
- Description
- 298 p. ; 23 cm.
- Uniform series
- Between men--between women.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-290) and index.
- Contents
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- The Magic of the Pan(eroto)con
- Heterosexual Anti-Biotics
- Prozac Feminism
- Male Lesbians and the Postmodern Body
- FemFire: A Theory in Drag
- Fiddling with Preference
- Hard Traits/Fluid Measures
- Anzalduan Body
- Venus: The Looks of Body Theory
- A Suite for the Body (in Four Parts).
- Summary
- In this book, Jacquelyn N. Zita questions the assumptions of heterosexual society, queer theory, postmodernism, and lesbian feminism in order to investigate the relationship between power, knowledge, identity formation, and the body.
- Kinsey subjects
- Self concept. Gender role identification. Status of women.
- ISBN
- 0231105428 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780231105422 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0231105436 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780231105439 (pbk. : alk. paper)