| Thinking the Limits of the Body Contributor(s): Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome (Editor), Weiss, Gail (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791455998 ISBN-13: 9780791455999 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: This collection maps the very best efforts to think the body at its limits. Because the body encompasses communities (social and political bodies), territories (geographical bodies), and historical texts and ideas (a body of literature, a body of work), Cohen and Weiss seek trans-disciplinary points of resonance and divergence to examine how disciplinary metaphors materialize specific bodies, and where these bodies break down and/or refuse prescribed paths. Whereas postmodern theorizations of the body often neglect its corporeality in favor of its cultural construction, this book demonstrates the inseparability of textuality, materiality, and history in any discussion of the body. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 306.4 |
| LCCN: 2002036684 |
| Series: Suny Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art |
| Physical Information: 211 pages |