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Book SynopsisProvides an exposition and analysis of the main philosophical theories, ideas and arguments that inform, and are raised by, questions of gender and sexuality. This work explores both early feminist arguments, which stress 'sameness' between sexes in the interests of equality, and later theories, which emphasise difference.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Challenge of Transgender Identity: The End of Gender as We Know It?; 1. Formative Moments and Concepts in the History of Feminism; 2. Is Feminism to Marxism as Lesbian Theory is to Feminist Theory? The Usefulness and Limitations of Parallel Models; 3. Feminism and Marxism; 4. Docile Bodies: Disciplining, Controlling and Normalizing Female Sexuality with Foucault and Feminist Friends. 5. Feminist Epistemology: Science, Knowledge, Gender, Objectivity; 6. Deleuze, Derrida and Psychoanalyses; 7. Some Political Issues Affecting Women: Rape, Abortion, Pornography; Conclusion.
