Talking Bodies

Emma Rees

ISBN 10: 3319637770 / ISBN 13: 9783319637778

Published by Springer International Publishing AG, CH, 2017

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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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Talking Bodies
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG, CH
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319637770
• ISBN 13: 9783319637778
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st ed. 2017.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.2W x 1.6H x 21D centimeters 15.2 centimeters width by 1.6 centimeters height by 21 centimeters depth

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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.  

About the Author

Emma Rees is Professor of Literature and Gender Studies at the University of Chester, UK.