Embodied Difference: Divergent Bodies in Public Discourse
Thomas, Jamie A. (Editor)/ Jackson, Christina R. (Editor)/ Thomas, Jamie A. (Contributor)/ Jackson, Christina R. (Contributor)/ August, Emily (Contributor)
ISBN 10: 1498563864 ISBN 13: 9781498563864
Published by Lexington Books, 2019
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259 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # x-1498563864
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Focusing on the body as a visual and discursive platform across public space, we study marginalization as a sociocultural practice and hegemonic schema. Whereas mass incarceration and law enforcement readily feature in discussions of institutionalized racism, we differently highlight understudied sites of normalization and exclusion. Our combined effort centers upon physical contexts (skeletons, pageant stages, gentrifying neighborhoods), discursive spaces (medical textbooks, legal battles, dance pedagogy, vampire narratives) and philosophical arenas (morality, genocide, physician-assisted suicide, cryonic preservation, transfeminism) to deconstruct seemingly intrinsic connections between body and behavior, Whiteness and normativity.
About the Author:
Jamie A. Thomas is assistant professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College.
Christina Jackson is assistant professor of sociology at Stockton University.
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Title: Embodied Difference: Divergent Bodies in ...
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Brand New