The Politics of Selfhood: Bodies and Identities in Global Capitalism - Softcover

Brown, Richard Harvey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816637555 ISBN 13: 9780816637553

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2003

Synopsis

Looks at the ways social change is expressed through debates over identities and bodies. In bodies and selves, we can see politics, economics, and culture play out, and the tensions and crises of society made visible. The women's movement, lobbies for the elderly, pro-choice and pro-life movements, AIDS research and education, pedophilia and repressed memory, global sports spectacles, organ donor networks, campaigns for safe sex, chastity, or preventive medicine--all are aspects of the contemporary politics of bodies and identities touched on in this book. Three broad themes run through the collection: how the body is constructed in various ways for different purposes, how the electronic media and its uses shape selves and sensualities and contribute to civic discourse, and how global capitalism acts as a direct force in these processes. By taking a distinctly cross-cultural and comparative approach, this volume explores more fully than ever the political, economic, institutional, and cultural settings of corporeality, identity, and representation.

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From the Author

In bodies and selves, we can see politics, economics, and culture play out, and the tensions and crises of society made visible. The women's movement, lobbies for the elderly, pro-choice and pro-life movements, AIDS research and education, pedophilia and repressed memory, global sports spectacles, organ donor networks, campaigns for safe sex, chastity, or preventive medicine-all are aspects of the contemporary politics of bodies and identities touched on in this book. Three broad themes run through the collection: how the body is constructed in various ways for different purposes, how the electronic media and its uses shape selves and sensualities and contribute to civic discourse, and how global capitalism acts as a direct force in these processes. By taking a distinctly cross-cultural and comparative approach, this volume explores more fully than ever the political, economic, institutional, and cultural settings of corporeality, identity, and representation.Contributors: Antonella Fabri, John Jay College and New York Academy of Medicine; Eva Illouz, Hebrew U of Jerusalem; Philip W. Jenks, Portland State U; Lauren Langman, Loyola U; Timothy W. Luke, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U; Timothy McGettigan, Colorado State U, Pueblo; Margaret J. Tally, SUNY, Empire State College.

About the Author

Prof Tim teaches at CSU-Pueblo and writes books about social change. 

2015 - Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach and conduct research at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. 

2013-2018 - Elected to the roster of Fulbright Specialists by the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars in Washington, DC.

2009 - Summer Scholar at the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii.

2008 - Taught for a semester at sea on The Scholar Ship.

2006-2007 - Interim Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. 

2002-2003 - Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship at the Centre for Social Studies in Warsaw, Poland.
Prof Tim's most recent books include:

In progress, Verboten! Free Speech and Thoughtcrime in the 21st Century

2016, A Formula for Eradicating Racism: Debunking White Supremacy. Palgrave Macmillan. New York. 

2013, Evolution at the Speed of Thought: A New Chapter in the History of Evolution. WheelMan Press. Los Angeles, CA.

2013, God's Loaded Dice: Random Musings on a Universe Gone Mad. Kindle Direct Publishing. 

2011, Good Science: The Search for Truth and the Evolution of Reality. Lexington Books. Lanham, MD. 

2011, Rough Seas: Ethnography and Academic Freedom on The Scholar Ship. University Press of America. Lanham, MD.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0816637555
• ISBN 13: 9780816637553
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272