Disciplining Foucault: Feminism, Power, and the Body - Paperback

by Jana Sawicki (Author)

In this book, the author attempts to integrate previous work on Foucault with feminist theory. She expands discussion of feminism and sexual liberation, charts the impact of Foucault on humanistic studies, and picks up an aspect of the mothering theme, the question of new reproductive technologies.

Back Jacket

In Disciplining; lining foucault, Jana Sawicki argues that a foucauldian feminism is possible. She rejects the view that the power of phallocentric discourse is total.

Author Biography

Jana Sawicki is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Williams College.