Foucault's monsters and the challenge of law
By: Andrew N. Sharpe.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415430319
Subjects: Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984; Law -- Philosophy; Monsters -- Social aspects; Abnormalities, Human -- Social aspects; Conjoined twins -- Legal status, laws, etc; Transsexuals -- Legal status, laws, etc
Notes: "A GlassHouse book."
Table of contents: title: Foucault's theoretical framework; title: Foucault's monsters as genealogy : the abnormal individual; title: An English legal history of monsters; title: Changing sex : the problem of transsexuality; title: Sharing bodies : the problem of conjoined twins; title: Admixing embyros : the problem of human/animal hybrids; title: Conclusion.