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Feminist Perspectives on the Body provides an accessible introduction to this extremely popular new area and is aimed at students from a variety of disciplines who are interested in gaining an understanding of the key issues involved. The author explores many important topics including: the Western world''s construction of the body as a theoretical, philosophical and political concept; the body and reproduction; medicalisation; cosmetic surgery and eating disorders; the body in performance; the private and the public body; working bodies and new ways of thinking about the body.



Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Reproductive Bodies
3. Disciplined Bodies
4. Sexy Bodies
5. Bodies Politic
6. Working Bodies
7. Body Technologies
8. Rethinking Bodies

Feminist Perspectives on the Body

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    A Paperback by Barbara Brook

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Published 5 December 1999
      ISBN-13 9780582356399
      978-0582356399
      ISBN-10 0582356393
      Also in:
      Cultural studies Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Feminist Perspectives on the Body provides an accessible introduction to this extremely popular new area and is aimed at students from a variety of disciplines who are interested in gaining an understanding of the key issues involved. The author explores many important topics including: the Western world''s construction of the body as a theoretical, philosophical and political concept; the body and reproduction; medicalisation; cosmetic surgery and eating disorders; the body in performance; the private and the public body; working bodies and new ways of thinking about the body.



      Table of Contents

      1. Introduction
      2. Reproductive Bodies
      3. Disciplined Bodies
      4. Sexy Bodies
      5. Bodies Politic
      6. Working Bodies
      7. Body Technologies
      8. Rethinking Bodies

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