The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theory (Oxford Handbooks)

The __Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theory__ provides an overview of the analytical frameworks and theoretical concepts feminist theorists have developed to challenge established knowledge. Leading feminist theorists, from around the globe, provide in-depth explorations of a diverse array of subject areas, capturing a plurality of approaches. The __Handbook__ raises new questions, brings new evidence, and poses significant challenges across the spectrum of academic disciplines, demonstrating the interdisciplinary nature of feminist theory. The chapters offer innovative analyses of the central topics in social and political science (e.g. civilization, development, divisions of labor, economies, institutions, markets, migration, militarization, prisons, policy, politics, representation, the state/nation, the transnational, violence); cultural studies and the humanities (e.g. affect, agency, experience, identity, intersectionality, jurisprudence, narrative, performativity, popular culture, posthumanism, religion, representation, standpoint, temporality, visual culture); and discourses in medicine and science (e.g. cyborgs, health, intersexuality, nature, pregnancy, reproduction, science studies, sex/gender, sexuality, transsexuality) and contemporary critical theory that have been transformed through feminist theorization (e.g. biopolitics, coloniality, diaspora, the microphysics of power, norms/normalization, postcoloniality, race/racialization, subjectivity/subjectivation). The Handbook identifies the limitations of key epistemic assumptions that inform traditional scholarship and shows how theorizing from women’s and men’s lives has profound effects on the conceptualization of central categories, whether the field of analysis is aesthetics, biology, cultural studies, development, economics, film studies, health, history, literature, politics, religion, science studies, sexualities, violence, or war. The Oxford Handbook Of Feminist Theory Provides An Overview Of The Analytical Frameworks And Theoretical Concepts Feminist Theorists Have Developed To Challenge Established Knowledge. Leading Feminist Theorists, From Around The Globe, Provide In-depth Explorations Of A Diverse Array Of Subject Areas, Capturing A Plurality Of Approaches. The Handbook Raises New Questions, Brings New Evidence, And Poses Significant Challenges Across The Spectrum Of Academic Disciplines, Demonstrating The Interdisciplinary Nature Of Feminist Theory. Affect -- Agency -- Biopolitics -- Civilization -- Coloniality Of Gender And Power: From Postcoloniality To Decoloniality -- Cyborg And Virtual Bodies -- Development -- Diaspora -- Formal, Informal, And Care Economies -- Embodiment -- Experience -- Feminist Jurisprudence -- Feminist Standpoint -- Gendered Divisions Of Labor -- Governance -- Health -- Identities -- Institutions -- Intersectionality -- Intersexuality, Transgender, And Transsexuality -- Markets/marketization -- Materialisms -- Microphysics Of Power -- Migration -- Militarization And War -- Nature -- Norms And Normalization -- Performativity And Performance -- The Personal Is Political -- Policy -- Politics -- Pop Culture/visual Culture -- Posthuman Feminist Theory -- Pregnancy, Personhood, And The Making Of The Fetus -- Prison -- Race And Racialization -- Religion -- Representation -- Reproduction: From Rights To Justice? -- Science Studies -- Sex/gender -- Sexual Difference -- Sexualities -- State/nation -- Storytelling/narrative -- Subjectivity And Subjectivation -- Temporality -- Transnational -- Violence. Lisa Disch And Mary Hawkesworth. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theory 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of Contributors 10 Introduction. Feminist Theory: Transforming the Known World 16 1 Affect 31 2 Agency 54 3 Biopolitics 76 4 Civilization 94 5 Coloniality of Gender and Power: From Postcoloniality to Decoloniality 115 6 Cyborgs and Virtual Bodies 137 7 Development 158 8 Diaspora 179 9 Formal, Informal, and Care Economies 194 10 Embodiment 222 11 Experience 242 12 Feminist Jurisprudence 262 13 Feminist Standpoint 276 14 Gendered Divisions of Labor 298 15 Governance 319 16 Health 341 17 Identities 361 18 Institutions 382 19 Intersectionality 400 20 Intersexuality, Transgender, and Transsexuality 422 21 Markets/Marketization 443 22 Materialisms 469 23 Microphysics of Power 487 24 Migration 505 25 Militarization and War 523 26 Nature 545 27 Norms and Normalization 566 28 Performativity and Performance 587 29 The Personal is Political 608 30 Policy 625 31 Politics 647 32 Pop Culture/Visual Culture 666 33 Posthuman Feminist Theory 688 34 Pregnancy, Personhood, and the Making of the Fetus 714 35 Prison 736 36 Race and Racialization 756 37 Religion 776 38 Representation 796 39 Reproduction: From Rights to Justice? 818 40 Science Studies 847 41 Sex/Gender 867 42 Sexual Difference 889 43 Sexualities 909 44 State/Nation 930 45 Storytelling/Narrative 949 46 Subjectivity and Subjectivation 970 47 Temporality 988 48 Transnational 1006 49 Violence 1025 Index 1046 "The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theory provides a rich overview of the analytical frameworks and theoretical concepts that feminist theorists have developed to analyze the known world. Featuring leading feminist theorists from diverse regions of the globe, this collection delves into forty-nine subject areas, demonstrating the complexity of feminist challenges to established knowledge, while also engaging areas of contestation within feminist theory.Demonstrating the interdisciplinary nature of feminist theory, the chapters offer innovative analyses of topics central to social and political science, cultural studies and humanities, discourses associated with medicine and science, and issues in contemporary critical theory that have been transformed through feminist theorization. The handbook identifies limitations of key epistemic assumptions that inform traditional scholarship and shows how theorizing from women's and men's lives hasprofound effects on the conceptualization of central categories, whether the field of analysis is aesthetics, biology, cultural studies, development, economics, film studies, health, history, literature, politics, religion, science studies, sexualities, violence, or war."--Rabat de la jaquette The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theory provides a rich overview of the analytical frameworks and theoretical concepts that feminist theorists have developed to analyze the known world. Featuring leading feminist theorists from diverse regions of the globe, this collection delves into forty-nine subject areas, demonstrating the complexity of feminist challenges to established knowledge, while also engaging areas of contestation within feminist theory. Demonstrating the interdisciplinary nature of feminist theory, the chapters offer innovative analyses of topics central to social and political science, cultural studies and humanities, discourses associated with medicine and science, and issues in contemporary critical theory that have been transformed through feminist theorization. The handbook identifies limitations of key epistemic assumptions that inform traditional scholarship and shows how theorizing from women's and men's lives has profound effects on the conceptualization of central categories, whether the field of analysis is aesthetics, biology, cultural studies, development, economics, film studies, health, history, literature, politics, religion, science studies, sexualities, violence, or war.