Body as a negotiation of a discourse
Section outline
-
- Reading
- Martin, E. (1991) The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles, Signs 16 (3), pp 485-501.
- Guiding question
- What is a discourse in the case of Martin‘s approach?
- What is the relationship between cultural notions and scientific discourse as introduced by Martin?
- Is the scientific discourse of gender influenced/influencing the unequal distribution of power in society? How?
- How the nature-culture dichotomy in relation to body works in Martin‘s example?
- Discussion question
- Relation to the Goffman‘s, Foucault‘s and phenomenological approach to the body?