Up against Foucault: Explorations of Some Tensions between Foucault and Feminism

Abstract

Introduction Part 1: Reflections on the value of Foucault's argument for feminism 2. Productive Contradictions Kate Soper 3. Practices of Freedom Jean Grimshaw Part 2: Identity, Difference and Power 4. Foucauldian Feminism: Contesting Bodies, Sexuality and Identity M.E.Bailey 5. Feminism, Difference and Discourse: The Limits of Discursive Analysis for Feminism Janet Ransom 6. Dancing with Foucault Maureen McNeil Part Three Bodies and Pleasures: Power and Resistance 7. Feminism, Foucault and the Politics of the Body Susan Bordo 8. Violence, Power and Pleasure: A Revisionist reading of Foucault from the Victim Perspective Dean MacCannell and Juliet Flower MacCannell 9. Women's Sexuality and Men's Appropiation of Desire Caroline Ramazanoglu and Janet Holland Notes on Contributors