A Body of Writing, 1990-1999

by Bronwyn Davies

Overview

Weaving together her most influential writings of the 1990s, Bronwyn Davies offers a unique engagement with poststructuralism that defies the boundaries between theory and embodied practice. Whereas poststructuralists are often accused of excessive abstraction, Davies' sophisticated and nuanced discussions of subjectivity, agency, epistemology, feminism, and power are embedded in vital depictions of lived experience and empirical research. A renowned scholar of education and gender formation, Davies shows the importance of poststructural perspectives for her own research in classrooms, on playgrounds, with literary texts, and her own life history. Lucid prose—accessible for students and refreshing for researchers and theorists alike—makes postructural concepts usable as conceptual frameworks for interpreting and analyzing the social world.

Author Biography: James Cook University, Australia

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742503212
Publisher:	AltaMira Press
Publication date:	02/09/2000
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.28(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

James Cook University, Australia

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	7
1	Coming to writing	9
2	The process of subjectification	21
3	The problem of desire	37
4	The concept of agency	55
5	Women's subjectivity and feminist stories	69
6	Positioning: The discursive production of selves with Rom Harre	87
7	Classroom competencies and marginal positionings with Robyn Hunt	107
8	The subject of poststructuralism	133
9	Poststructuralist theory in practice: Working with "behaviorally disturbed" children with Cath Laws	145
	Epilogue: On mor(t)ality	165
	References	175
	Index	183
	Permissions	189
	About the author	191

Editorial Reviews

The theoretical and educationalist positioning of A Body of Writing, 1990-1999 render it a useful and insightful text to those studying literary theory, poststructuralist theory or education.
— Francis Vicary, (University of Queensland)

M/C: A Journal Of Media and Culture

The theoretical and educationalist positioning of A Body of Writing, 1990-1999 render it a useful and insightful text to those studying literary theory, poststructuralist theory or education.

M/C: A Journal Of Media and Culture - Francis Vicary