Talking Bodies (Paperback)

Emma Rees

ISBN 10: 3319637770 / ISBN 13: 9783319637778

Published by Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, 2017

About this Item

Paperback. 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 todays key debates about embodiment. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Talking Bodies (Paperback)
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Cham
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319637770
• ISBN 13: 9783319637778
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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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.