Embodiment and agency

A collection of essays in feminist philosophy. Contributors theorize how we act through differently acculturated bodies in a variety of interpersonal and political contexts. Addresses recent feminist challenges to bring the body more fully and positively into theory"--Provided by publisher

Introduction: Minding bodies / Letitia Meynell. Becoming embodied subjects. Emotional metamorphoses : the role of others in becoming a subject / Kym Maclaren. Racial grief and melancholic agency / Angela Failler. A knowing that resided in my bones : sensuous embodiment and trans social movement / Alexis Shotwell. The phrenological impulse and the morphology of character / Rebecca Kukla. Personal identity, narrative integration, and embodiment / Catriona Mackenzie. Bodily limits to autonomy : emotion, attitude, and self-defense / Sylvia Burrow. Embodied relations, political contexts. Relational existence and termination of lives : when embodiment precludes agency / Susan Sherwin. A body no longer of one's own / Monique Lanoix. Premature (m)othering : levinasian ethics and the politics of fetal ultrasound imaging / Jacqueline M. Davies. Inside the frame of the past : memory, diversity, and solidarity / Sue Campbell. Collective memory or knowledge of the past : "covering reality with flowers" / Susan E. Babbitt. Agency and empowerment : embodied realities in a globalized world / Christine Koggel

Introduction: Minding bodies / Letitia Meynell -- Becoming embodied subjects -- Emotional metamorphoses : the role of others in becoming a subject / Kym Maclaren -- Racial grief and melancholic agency / Angela Failler -- A knowing that resided in my bones : sensuous embodiment and trans social movement / Alexis Shotwell -- The phrenological impulse and the morphology of character / Rebecca Kukla -- Personal identity, narrative integration, and embodiment / Catriona Mackenzie -- Bodily limits to autonomy : emotion, attitude, and self-defense / Sylvia Burrow -- Embodied relations, political contexts -- Relational existence and termination of lives : when embodiment precludes agency / Susan Sherwin -- A body no longer of one's own / Monique Lanoix -- Premature (m)othering : levinasian ethics and the politics of fetal ultrasound imaging / Jacqueline M. Davies -- Inside the frame of the past : memory, diversity, and solidarity / Sue Campbell -- Collective memory or knowledge of the past : "covering reality with flowers" / Susan E. Babbitt -- Agency and empowerment : embodied realities in a globalized world / Christine Koggel.