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Talking Bodies : Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Embodiment, Gender and Identity

Talking Bodies : Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Embodiment, Gender and Identity

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Publisher's Synopsis

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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Book information

ISBN: 9783319637778
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
DEWEY: 128.6
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 233
Weight: 330g
Height: 210mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 16mm