The Body: A Reader (Routledge Student Readers)

ISBN 10: 041534008X / ISBN 13: 9780415340083

Published by Routledge, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Body: A Reader (Routledge Student Readers)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041534008X
• ISBN 13: 9780415340083
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Mariam Fraser, Monica Greco