FOUCAULT’S THEORY OF POWER AND THE CRITIQUE OF THE NOTION OF GENDERM
Foucaultova teorija moći i kritika pojma rod
Author(s): Dinko ŽupanSubject(s): History
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Theory of Power; Sex; Gender; Women’s History; Female Identities
Summary/Abstract: The author explains Foucault’s concepts of power and its influence on methodological problems in women’s and gender history. The author presents the problems in women’s history and gender theory by examining the works of Joan Wallach Scott and Judith Butler. The author focuses on the problems of distinguishing and using the notions sex and gender. The paper explains the critique of the notion of gender by refering to the influence that the post-structural theory of identity has had on contemporary feminist theory.
Journal: Časopis za suvremenu povijest
- Issue Year: 41/2009
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 7-24
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Croatian