Focuses on a paper evaluating the book 'Bodies and Pleasures,' by Ladelle McWhorter, presented during the Annual Meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy on October 5, 2000. Contribution of the book to feminist theory and Foucaultian criticism; Pain and humor marking the author's account of her philosophical development.
Highlights a paper on the book 'Bodies and Pleasures,' by Ladelle McWhorter, presented during the Annual Meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy on October 5, 2000. McWhorter's confessional voice in the context of her thought; Account of the value of historicity and genealogy in McWhorter's understanding of knowing and subjectivity.
Relates the author's response to comments on her book 'Bodies and Pleasures,' presented during the Annual Meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy on October 5, 2000. Characterization of the book as an askesis that works to transform confessional practice as it transforms the writer/reader; Questions emerging from the transformation.