The Body: A Reader (Routledge Student Readers)

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Synopsis
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)orderbodies and identitiesbodily normsbodies in health and dis-easebodies 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.
Copyright:
2004

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
372 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000143188
Related ISBNs:
9781003060338, 9780415340083, 9780415340076
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Selection and editorial matter, Mariam Fraser and Monica Greco
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Education, Social Studies, Language Arts, Sociology
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Mariam Fraser
Edited by:
Monica Greco

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