Dirt, Undress, and Difference: Critical Perspectives on the Body's Surface

Book Overview

"A magnificent volume It offers brand new perspectives on body politics and identity or subjectivity formation in the post-colonial world." --Dorothy Ko, Barnard College

While there is widespread interest in dress and hygiene as vehicles of cultural, moral, and political value, little scholarly attention has been paid to cross-cultural understandings of dirt and undress, despite their equally important role in the fashioning of identity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253217830
• ISBN13: 9780253217837
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher