Approaches to Penetration — Theoretical Difference in Practice

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18985441
AutoresAgnes Bolsø (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen10
Número5
Páginas559-581
Fecha de publicación2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSexualities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1363460707083169
OpenAlexW2048111053
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas8

This article questions the sometimes over-polarized debates about theoretical perspectives within feminist academia. What differing effects do apparently conflicting theoretical approaches have on the empirical analysis of cultural phenomena and on our understanding of sexual politics or possibilities for change? The author gives an account of two contrasting understandings of the (bodily) symbolic, and applies these differing perspectives to the often problematical analysis of sexual penetration. One approach could be seen as the classical semiotic one, as found in the work of the Norwegian anthropologist, Jorun Solheim, the other, understood as poststructuralist or queer, is exemplified in the work of the American philosopher, Judith Butler. Both are feminists working for changes in traditional gender symbolism, but they otherwise start from seemingly quite separate theoretical premises

Epistemology · Linguistics · Norwegian · Political science · Politics · Queer · Queer theory · Semiotics · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Anthropology · Cultural Studies · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Philosophy