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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- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- Editors:
- Fraser, Mariam|Greco, Monica
- ISBN:
- 9780415340083
- Number of Pages:
- 368
- Publication Date:
- 28/10/2004
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Series:
- Routledge Student Readers
- Year Published:
- 2004
- Illustrations Note:
- 1 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and white
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- Imprint:
- Routledge
- SKU:
- 9780415340083