Beyond the Body Proper: Reading the Anthropology of Material Life

Book Overview

Over the past several decades, scholars in both the social sciences and humanities have moved beyond the idea that there is a "body proper" a singular, discrete biological organism with an individual psyche. They have begun to perceive embodiment as dynamic rather than static, as experiences that vary over time and across the world as they are shaped by discourses, institutions, practices, technologies, and ideologies. What has emerged is a multiplicity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822338300
• ISBN13: 9780822338307
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"