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In: Women's studies books of related interest
In: Social History of Canada 37
In: Women & politics, Volume 21, Issue 1, p. 107
ISSN: 0195-7732
In: Critical social policy: a journal of theory and practice in social welfare, Volume 22, Issue 2, p. 324-352
ISSN: 1461-703X
In this article, we draw connections between notions of embodiment and conceptions of citizenship to provide insights into contemporary debates about desirable modes of governance. We suggest that there is a need to challenge the instrumental conception of bodies which informs much public policy (our examples are New Reproductive Technologies and cosmetic surgery in Australia), and which underlies much citizenship theory, both feminist and mainstream. We identify a demarcation in our selected policies between those presumed to have control over their bodies and those presumed to be controlled by their bodies. The former are designated `autonomous citizens' (with autonomous meaning distance from government oversight), while the latter are constituted as lesser citizens in need of forms of control. Women appear on both sides of the dichotomy, but in ways which leave them invisible as political subjects. We coin the term `social flesh' to capture a vision of interacting, material, embodied subjects and initiate consideration of the forms of governance that might be appropriate for embodied citizens.
In: Critical social policy: a journal of theory and practice in social welfare, Volume 22, Issue 2, p. 324-352
ISSN: 0261-0183
In: Women & politics, Volume 23, Issue 4, p. 108-110
ISSN: 0195-7732
In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Volume 33, Issue 3, p. 492
ISSN: 1036-1146