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Sex, culture, and justice : the limits of choice / Clare Chambers.

Author/creator Chambers, Clare
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionx, 294 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction -- Creativity, cultural practice, and the body : Foucault and three problems with the liberal focus on choice -- Masculine domination, radical feminism, and change -- Social construction, normativity, and difference -- All must have prizes : the liberal case for interference in cultural practices -- Two orders of autonomy and political liberalism : breast implants versus female genital mutilation -- Paternalism and autonomy -- Liberal perfectionism and the autonomy of restricted lives -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-283) and index.
LCCN 2007025808
ISBN9780271033013 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0271033010 (cloth : alk. paper)

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