Talking Bodies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Embodiment, Gender and Identity - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 3319637770 ISBN 13: 9783319637778

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

Riassunto

In this collection leading thinkers, writers, and activists offer their responses to the simple question “do I have a body, or am I my body?”. The essays engage with the array of meanings that our bodies have today, ranging from considerations of nineteenth-century discourses of bodily shame and otherness, through to arguing for a brand new corporeal vocabulary for the twenty-first century. Increasing numbers of people are choosing to modify their bodies, but as the essays in this volume show, this is far from being a new practice: over hundreds of years, it has evolved and accrued new meanings. This richly interdisciplinary volume maps a range of cultural anxieties about the body, resulting in a timely and compelling book that makes a vital contribution to today’s key debates about embodiment.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Emma Rees is Professor of Literature and Gender Studies at the University of Chester, UK.

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In this collection leading thinkers, writers, and activists offer their responses to the simple question “do I have a body, or am I my body?”. The essays engage with the array of meanings that our bodies have today, ranging from considerations of nineteenth-century discourses of bodily shame and otherness, through to arguing for a brand new corporeal vocabulary for the twenty-first century. Increasing numbers of people are choosing to modify their bodies, but as the essays in this volume show, this is far from being a new practice: over hundreds of years, it has evolved and accrued new meanings. This richly interdisciplinary volume maps a range of cultural anxieties about the body, resulting in a timely and compelling book that makes a vital contribution to today’s key debates about embodiment.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3319637770
• ISBN 13: 9783319637778
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 248
• Redattore: Rees Emma
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