The Body: A Reader - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0415340071 ISBN 13: 9780415340076

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2004

Riassunto

The body has become an increasingly significant concept in recent years and this Reader offers a stimulating overview of the main topics, perspectives and theories surrounding the issue. This broad consideration of the body presents an engagement with a range of social concerns, from the processes of racialization to the vagaries of fashion and performance art, enacted as surgery on the body. Individual sections cover issues such as:

• the body and social (dis)order



• bodies and identities



• bodily norms



• bodies in health and dis-ease



• bodies and technologies.

Containing an extensive critical introduction, contributions from key figures such as Butler, Sedgwick, Martin Scheper-Huges, Haraway and Gilroy, and a series of introductions summarizing each section, this Reader offers students a valuable practical guide and a thorough grounding in the fascinating topic of the body.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Mariam Fraser, Monica Greco

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0415340071
• ISBN 13: 9780415340076
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 368
• Redattore: Fraser Mariam, Greco Monica
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania