Neurofeminism : issues at the intersection of feminist theory and cognitive science / edited by Robyn Bluhm, Anne Jaap Jacobson and Heidi Lene Maibom
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| Subjects: | Feminist theory Cognitive science Aufsatzsammlung |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 |
| Series: | New directions in philosophy and cognitive science New directions in philosophy and cognitive science |
| LC Classification: | H, HQ |
| Table of Contents: | List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix List of Contributors x Introduction 1 1.. The Politics of Pictured Reality: Locating the Object from Nowhere in fMRI / Letitia Meynell 11 2.. What, If Anything, Can Neuroscience Tell Us About Gender Differences? / Ginger Hoffman 30 3.. In a Different Voice? 56 4.. The Role of Fetal Testosterone in the Development of the "Essential Difference" Between the Sexes: Some Essential Issues / Cordelia Fine 73 5.. Hardwired for Sexism? Approaches to Sex/Gender in Neuroscience / Raffaella I. Rumiati 105 6.. Re-Queering the Brain / Anelis Kaiser 121 7.. Situated Neuroscience: Exploring Biologies of Diversity / Gillian Einstein 145 8.. Cosmopolitics and the Brain: The Co-Becoming of Practices in Feminism and Neuroscience / Deboleena Roy 175 9.. Linking Neuroscience, Medicine, Gender and Society through Controversy and Conflict Analysis: A "Dissensus Framework" for Feminist/Queer Brain Science Studies / Cynthia Kraus 193 10.. Seeing as a Social Phenomenon: Feminist Theory and the Cognitive Sciences 216 11.. Beyond Neurosexism: Is It Possible to Defend the Female Brain? / Robyn Bluhm 230 Bibliography 246 Name Index 281 Subject Index 282 |
| Additional Authors: | Bluhm, Robyn, 1969- Jacobson, Anne Jaap, 1942- Maibom, Heidi Lene, 1969- |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2011052945 ISBN: 9780230296732 (alk. paper) ISBN: 0230296734 (alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Introduction / Robyn Bluhm, Anne Jaap Jacobson, and Heidi Maibom -- The politics of pictured reality : locating the object from nowhere in fMRI / Letitia Meynell -- What, if anything, can neuroscience tell us about gender differences? / Ginger Hoffman -- In a different voice? / Heidi Maibom -- The role of fetal testosterone in the development of "the essential difference" between the sexes : some essential issues / Giordana Grossi and Cordelia Fine -- Hardwired for sexism? : approaches to sex/gender in neuroscience / Rebecca M. Jordan-Young and Raffaella I. Rumiati -- Re-queering the brain / Anelis Kaiser and Isabelle Dussauge -- Situated neuroscience : exploring biologies of diversity / Gillian Einstein -- Cosmopolitics and the brain : the co-becoming of practices in feminism and neuroscience / Deboleena Roy -- Linking neuroscience, medicine, gender and society through controversy and conflict analysis : a "dissensus framework" for feminist/queer brain science studies / Cynthia Kraus -- Seeing as a social phenomenon : feminist theory and the cognitive sciences / Anne Jaap Jacobson -- Beyond neurosexism : is it possible to defend the female brain? / Robyn Bluhm --- Bibliography -- Index |
| Physical Description: | x, 284 p. : ill. ; 23 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 752068294 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9780230296732 0230296734 |