Sex culture and justice : the limits of choice

Chambers, Clare

Sex culture and justice : the limits of choice Clare Chambers - Pennsylvania State Uninersity Press University Park , PA. 2008 - 249 p. ; 24 cm.

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

978-0-271-03301-3


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

HQ1190.C43 2008

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