The Body

A Reader

Mariam Fraser, Monica Greco (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2004
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-34008-3 (ISBN)

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Containing an extensive critical introduction and contributions from key figures, this reader offers a stimulating overview of the main topics, perspectives and theories surrounding the fascinating topic of the body.

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.

Mariam Fraser, Monica Greco

1. What is a Body? 2. The Body and Social (Dis)order 3. Bodies and Identities 4. Normal Bodies, or Not 5. Bodies in Health and Dis-ease 6. Bodies and Technologies 7. Bodies in Consumer Culture 8. Body Ethics

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.10.2004
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Student Readers
Zusatzinfo	1 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 245 mm
Gewicht	634 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-415-34008-X / 041534008X
ISBN-13	978-0-415-34008-3 / 9780415340083
Zustand	Neuware