Andrew N Sharpe

Foucault's Monsters and the Challenge of Law

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers the legal category 'monster' from theoretical and historical perspectives and deploys this category in order to understand contemporary anxieties surrounding transsexuals, conjoined twins and transgenic humans.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780415685719
• ISBN-10: 0415685710
• Artikelnr.: 33868984

Autorenporträt

Alex Sharpe is Professor of Law at Keele University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part 1: History/Theory/Monsters 2. Foucault's Theoretical
Framework 3. Foucault's Monsters as Genealogy: The Abnormal Individual 4.
An English Legal History of Monsters Part 2: Contemporary Monsters 5.
Changing Sex: The Problem of Transsexuality 6. Sharing Bodies: The Problem
of Conjoined Twins 7. Admixing Embryos: The Problem of Human/Animal Hybrids
8. Conclusions