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Overview
What do we mean when we talk about 'the body'? This Reader challenges the assumption that it can be invoked as a neutral, or indeed natural, point of reference in critical discussion or cultural practice. The essays collected here foreground the historical construction of 'the body' throughout a range of discourses from the modern to the postmodern, and seek to present it not as a biological 'given', but as a contestable signifier in the articulation of identities.
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- ISBN-13: 9780333765340
- ISBN-10: 0333765346
- Publisher: Red Globe Press
- Publish Date: September 2005
- Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.55 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.81 pounds
- Page Count: 232
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