The Body : A Reader Paperback / softback
Edited by Mariam Fraser, Monica Greco
Part of the Routledge Student Readers series
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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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:368 pages, 1 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:28/10/2004
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- ISBN:9780415340083
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:368 pages, 1 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:28/10/2004
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- ISBN:9780415340083