Missing Bodies: The Politics of Visibility

by Lisa Jean Moore, Monica J Casper, Lisa Moore

Book Overview

We know more about the physical body--how it begins, how it responds to illness, even how it decomposes--than ever before. Yet not all bodies are created equal, some bodies clearly count more than others, and some bodies are not recognized at all. In Missing Bodies, Monica J. Casper and Lisa Jean Moore explore the surveillance, manipulations, erasures, and visibility of the body in the twenty-first century. The authors examine bodies, both...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814716784
• ISBN13: 9780814716786
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.8"