Sex, culture, and justice
Subtitle: the limits of choice
By: Clare Chambers.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780271033013
Subjects: Feminist theory.; Sex role -- Philosophy.; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- Social aspects.; Body, Human -- Social aspects.; Social norms.; Autonomy (Philosophy); Liberalism -- Philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: Creativity, cultural practice, and the body : Foucault and three problems with the liberal focus on choice; value: Masculine domination, radical feminism, and change; value: Social construction, normativity, and difference; value: All must have prizes : the liberal case for interference in cultural practices; value: Two orders of autonomy and political liberalism : breast implants versus female genital mutilation; value: Paternalism and autonomy; value: Liberal perfectionism and the autonomy of restricted lives; value: Conclusion.