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Author:

Chambers, Clare, 1976-

Title:

Sex, culture, and justice : the limits of choice / Clare Chambers.

Publisher:

Pennsylvania State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

x, 294 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Feminist theory.
Sex role--Philosophy.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--Social aspects.
Body, Human--Social aspects.
Social norms.
Autonomy (Philosophy)
Liberalism--Philosophy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-283) and index.

Contents:

Theories of social construction. Creativity, cultural practice, and the body : Foucault and three problems with the liberal focus on choice -- Masculine domination, radical feminism, and change -- Social construction, normativity, and difference -- Liberalism, culture, and autonomy. All must have prizes : the liberal case for interference in cultural practices -- Two orders of autonomy and political liberalism : breast implants versus female genital mutilation -- Paternalism and autonomy -- Liberal perfectionism and the autonomy of restricted lives.

ISBN:

0271033010 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780271033013 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007025808

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)