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Author:   Elisabetta R. Bertolino
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780367264338

ISBN 10:   0367264331
Pages:   179
Publication Date:   21 March 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Overview Acknowledgements Introduction PART I The voice and its possibilities of resistance 1 Can one speak in one’s own voice? One's voice and the critique and resistance of the law: a review of the literature 1.1 Resistance in terms of justice as fairness 1.2 Resistance and the good standard of human function 1.3 Resistance through critical ruptures in Judith Butler 1.4 Resistance through the voice in Adriana Cavarero 1.5 The Arendtian root of awareness of oneself and Butler’s ethical approach 1.6 The voice’s engagement with and disengagement from law Conclusion Part II The voice beyond sexual difference 2 The ambivalence of wounds, consent and the integrity of the body 2.1 Law and the impossibility of consent 2.2 The case of Re MB (Caesarean Section) 2.3 Law and the idea of bodily integrity 2.4 The cut in relation to the subject 2.5 One’s corporeal voice 2.6 The ambivalence in the cut Conclusion 3 Objectification and voice in sex work 3.1 Law, objectifi cation and women in the sex industry 3.2 Speculating on objectifi cation 3.3 The focus on the voice in relation to objectifi cation Conclusion Part III The ethical justice of the voice 4 Moving away from justice as resentment 4.1 Predictable Medea and resentment 4.2 The subject of resentment 4.3 Resisting the subject of resentment in feminism 4.4 Forgiveness: conditionality, unconditionality and circulation Conclusion and progression in chapters Concluding remarks Bibliography Index

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Elisabetta R. Bertolino has completed a doctorate in law and legal theory at Birkbeck Law School in London, UK, where she has also taught seminars in jurisprudence and criminal law. Currently, she teaches legal subjects at the University of Palermo, Italy. She has been interested in the theme of the voice and the work of Adriana Cavarero for several years, and conducted an interview with the Italian philosopher which was published in differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies in 2008.

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