{"product_id":"the-physiology-of-sexist-and-racist-oppression-9780190250614","title":"The Physiology of Sexist and Racist Oppression","description":"While gender and race often are considered socially constructed, this book argues that they are physiologically constituted through the biopsychosocial effects of sexism and racism. This means that to be fully successful, critical philosophy of race and feminist philosophy need to examine not\u003cbr\u003eonly the financial, legal, political and other forms of racist and sexism oppression, but also their physiological operations. Examining a complex tangle of affects, emotions, knowledge, and privilege, \u003cem\u003eThe Physiology of Sexist and Racist Oppression\u003c\/em\u003e develops an understanding of the human body whose\u003cbr\u003eunconscious habits are biological. On this account, affect and emotion are thoroughly somatic, not something mental or extra-biological layered on top of the body. They also are interpersonal, social, and can be transactionally transmitted between people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging from the stomach and the gut to the hips and the heart, from autoimmune diseases to epigenetic markers, Sullivan demonstrates the gastrointestinal effects of sexual abuse that disproportionately affect women, often manifesting as IBS, Crohn's disease, or similar functional disorders. She\u003cbr\u003ealso explores the transgenerational effects of racism via epigenetic changes in African American women, who experience much higher pre-term birth rates than white women do, and she reveals the unjust benefits for heart health experienced by white people as a result of their racial privilege.\u003cbr\u003eFinally, developing the notion of a physiological therapy that doesn't prioritize bringing unconscious habits to conscious awareness, Sullivan closes with a double-barreled approach for both working for institutional change and transforming biologically unconscious habits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cem\u003ePhysiology of Sexist and Racist Oppression\u003c\/em\u003e skillfully combines feminist and critical philosophy of race with the biological and health sciences. The result is a critical physiology of race and gender that offers new strategies for fighting male and white privilege.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shannon Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190250614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShannon Sullivan is Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair at UNC Charlotte.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40287219253363,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6fbf4780-9cfd-442a-ac91-548cb61d7b15.jpg?v=1658236111","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-physiology-of-sexist-and-racist-oppression-9780190250614","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}