The Body: A Reader

Book Overview

The body has become an increasingly significant concept in recent years and this Reader offers a stimulating overview of the main topics, perspectives and theories surrounding the issue. This broad consideration of the body presents an engagement with a range of social concerns, from the processes of racialization to the vagaries of fashion and performance art, enacted as surgery on the body. Individual sections cover issues such as:

the body and social (dis)order

bodies and identities

bodily norms

bodies in health and dis-ease

bodies and technologies.

Containing an extensive critical introduction, contributions from key figures such as Butler, Sedgwick, Martin Scheper-Huges, Haraway and Gilroy, and a series of introductions summarizing each section, this Reader offers students a valuable practical guide and a thorough grounding in the fascinating topic of the body.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041534008X
• ISBN13: 9780415340083
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.6"