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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Citizen bodies: is embodied citizenship a contradiction in terms? |
Author: | Bacchi, C. Beasley, C. |
Citation: | Critical Social Policy, 2002; 22(2):324-352 |
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. |
Issue Date: | 2002 |
ISSN: | 0261-0183 1461-703X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Carol Lee Bacchi and Chris Beasley |
Abstract: | In this article, we draw connections between notions of embodiment and conceptions of citizenship to provide insights into contemporary debates about desirable modes of governance. We suggest that there is a need to challenge the instrumental conception of bodies which informs much public policy (our examples are New Reproductive Technologies and cosmetic surgery in Australia), and which underlies much citizenship theory, both feminist and mainstream. We identify a demarcation in our selected policies between those presumed to have control over their bodies and those presumed to be controlled by their bodies. The former are designated 'autonomous citizens' (with autonomous meaning distance from government oversight), while the latter are constituted as lesser citizens in need of forms of control. Women appear on both sides of the dichotomy, but in ways which leave them invisible as political subjects. We coin the term 'social flesh' to capture a vision of interacting, material, embodied subjects and initiate consideration of the forms of governance that might be appropriate for embodied citizens. |
Keywords: | Cosmetic surgery feminism new reproductive technologies |
Description: | Copyright © 2002 Critical Social Policy |
DOI: | 10.1177/02610183020220020801 |
Published version: | http://csp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/2/324 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Politics publications |
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