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woman’s body

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Key concept in women’s studies and feminist theory, with a focus on topics of control over women’s bodies, corporeal diversities, and critiques of gender dichotomy and essentialism.

 

Additional notes and information

Sources

(1) Pilcher, J., and Whelehan, I. (2004). Fifty Key Concepts in Gender Studies, London, Thousand Oaks;

(2) Šribar, R. (2015), ‘Glossary of common terms in gender equality and feminist theory’, in M. Ule, R. Šribar and A. U. Venturini, eds., Gendering Science: Slovenian Surveys and Studies in the EU Paradigms, Vienna, Echoraum.

Relations

Broader term:
sex
Synonym:
body, woman’s
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1431?lang=en
Filed under: 
Sex, gender and sexuality
Identity and the body
Sex, gender and sexuality
Sex and Gender

 

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