| Description |
xii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Situated Histories of the Female Self -- 1. Feminist Genealogies in the Writing of the Self -- 2. Spacing the Female Self: Tracing Heterotopias -- 3. Erasing Sexuality from the Blackboard? Recovering the Silence of Bodies -- 4. What is Our Present Today? Genealogies as Histories of the Present -- 5. Technologies of the Female Self |
| Summary |
"Maria Tamboukou links Foucauldian ideas to feminism and education. The book's central argument is that the Foucauldian notion of 'technologies of the self' needs to be gendered and contextualized. This argument is pursued through a genealogical analysis of auto/biographical narratives of women educators at the end of the nineteenth century. This is a new theoretical approach, since Foucault's work has proved to be of great interest to feminist scholars but as yet his theories have only been used intermittently in educational feminist work. The genealogical analysis of situated female subjectivities has highlighted the importance of space in the 'technologies of the female self' and has redefined the private/public couplet. It has acted as a continuous source of uncertainty, experimenting with Foucauldian questions of what we are, of how we have become what we are, but also and perhaps most importantly of how we can change."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--King's College London, 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Identity (Psychology)
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Women -- Education -- Great Britain.
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Gender identity in education.
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Feminism and education -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Critical pedagogy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Sex role -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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| LC no. |
2003051423 |
| ISBN |
1403901236 cloth |
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