Lois McNay (Oxford Somerville College)

Gender and Agency

Reconfiguring the Subject in Feminist and Social Theory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

aeo An important re--assessment of the idea of agency in the context of changing relations between men and women. aeo Brings together the owrk of leading feminist theorists with the work of key continental social theorists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• 2000.
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 153mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 305g
• ISBN-13: 9780745613499
• ISBN-10: 0745613497
• Artikelnr.: 14845463

Autorenporträt

Lois McNay is Lecturer in Politics and Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Gender, Subjectification and Agency: Introductory Remarks.
2. Body, Position, Power: Bourdieu and Butler on Agency.
3. Gender and Narrative: Ricoeur on the Coherence of Self.
4. Psyche and Society: Castoriadis and the Creativity of Action.
5. Gender and Change: Concluding Remarks.
Notes.
References.
Index.

Rezensionen

This is a fine piece of theoretical work that deftly negotiates some complex debates. It is rigorous, scholarly and has something significant to say. Feminist Theory

Complex and elegantly written ... Anyone frustrated by the simple assertion that identity is like a trap which necessarily forecloses the prospect of true female agency will find this book to be a useful contribution to the ways we think about what it means to become a female subject in culture. Canadian Journal of Sociology Online

"McNay s book would benefit very greatly from the use of examples, to demonstrate the power of the approach she endorses in relation to contemporary feminist dilemmas and contentions." European Journal of Social Theory