A number of scholars have made a discursive turn, infusing their work with an appreciation of the power of language in constructing definitions of woman. In this chapter I pursue Smith's insight by examining in detail a particular argument for women's nature and what their lives should be about.
A number of scholars have made a discursive turn, infusing their work with an appreciation of the power of language in constructing definitions of woman. In this chapter I pursue Smith's ins…