{"product_id":"sex-gender-and-the-body-the-student-edition-of-what-is-a-woman-paperback","title":"Sex, Gender, and the Body: The Student Edition of What Is a Woman? - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eToril Moi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis affordable, compact edition, designed specially for use in university courses, consists of two of the most celebrated essays from Toril Moi's highly-acclaimed \u003cem\u003eWhat Is a Woman?\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is a woman? Does it make sense to think of a woman as the combination of sex and gender? Is \"I am a woman\" the same kind of declaration as \"I am a man\"? What does it mean to speak \"as a woman\"? In these essays Moi rethinks the contribution of Simone de Beauvoir to feminist theory, and shows that \u003cem\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/em\u003e, properly read, offers inspiring solutions to urgent contemporary problems. By suggesting that we think of the body as a situation, the first essay offers a serious challenge to dominant poststructuralist theories of sex and gender. The second essay investigates the place of the personal in theory. What is the status of references to personal experiences, or to one's person (one's race, sex, sexuality, ethnicity, nationality) in theoretical debates? Both essays provide, in vivid and compelling detail, a third way for feminism, beyond the current stalemate between essentialism and constructionism. This is a major and truly original contribution to feminist theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eToril Moi\u003c\/strong\u003e is James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies at Duke University, author of the influential and best-selling \u003cem\u003eSexual\/Textual Politics\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhat Is a Woman?\u003c\/em\u003e, and editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Kristeva Reader\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFrench Feminist Thought\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 274\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9.46 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47686780944632,"sku":"9780199276226","price":111.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/YStTWjNPUG1qcTA1SVh4M3lwbnpaZz09.webp?v=1766393738","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/sex-gender-and-the-body-the-student-edition-of-what-is-a-woman-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}