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The Body

Part of the Readers in cultural criticism series
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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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Palgrave Macmillan
1350309508 / 9781350309500
eBook (EPUB)
306.4
11/09/2005
United Kingdom
English
232 pages
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