{"product_id":"how-to-make-the-body-9781350194045","title":"How to Make the Body","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer L. Creech\u003c\/b\u003e is Instructor of German at Oregon State University, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMothers, Comrades and Outcasts in East German Women's Films\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eSpectacle: German Visual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol. 2 (2015)\u003cb\u003eThomas O. Haakeson \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor in Humanities \u0026amp; Sciences at California College of the Arts, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGrotesque Visions: The Science of Berlin Dada\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eSpectacle: German Visual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol. 2 (2015)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom biblical arousals to RAF corpse art; from Joy's feminist pornography to Dr Bitch Ray's bodily interventions, there is much to admire in this thought-provoking essay collection on the visual culture and politics of the body in real-world German contexts. * Michael Hau, author of Performance Anxiety: Sport and Work in Germany from the Empire to Nazism (2017), and Head of History, Monash University, Australia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Make the Body\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich, multi-faceted volume that demonstrates the value of focusing on the body, and embodiment, in examining various aspects of visual culture in 20th and 21st-century German contexts […] and with a strong and welcome emphasis on feminist and queer approaches. * Rick McCormick, Professor of German, Nordic, Slavic, and Dutch, University of Minnesota, USA *\u003cbr\u003eEngaging with a diverse array of events, texts, and representations of lived experience, \u003ci\u003eHow to Make the Body\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully mobilizes a range of cutting-edge theoretical approaches to generate new understandings of embodiment vital to German Studies and beyond. * Sara F. Hall, Associate Professor of Germanic Studies, University of Illinois Chicago, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Jennifer L. Creech and Thomas O. Haakenson, “Introduction: How to Make the Body” 2. Alison Stewart, “Arousal, the Bible, and Bruegel’s Codpieces: The Male Body in Early Modern Visual Culture”  3. David Ciarlo, “The Construction of the Aryan Body in German Visual Advertising, 1908-33”  4. Jill Holaday, “Die Gruppe Zero: Transforming Trauma to Transcendence”  5.Ilka Rasch, “RAF Corpse Art: The Living Dead in the Work of Gerhard Richter, Ernst Volland, Astrid Proll  and Andres Veiel”  6. Sebastian Heiduschke, “Penis-bodied Specimen in the Exhibit \u003ci\u003eKörperwelten \u003c\/i\u003e(‘Body Worlds’)”  7. Jennifer L. Creech, “For the Porn Connoisseur: Cinema Joy”  8. Zachary Fitzpatrick, “Orientalized Bodies at Work: Cultural Zaniness in Berlin's \u003ci\u003eSayonara Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e Revue”  9. Thomas O. Haakenson, “Ai Weiwei’s Body in Berlin” 10. Jamele Watkins, “Afrolocken: Natural Hair in German Literature and Media”  11. Faye Stewart, “Poppthority: The Politics of Dr. Bitch Ray’s Bodily Interventions”  12. Lucy Ashton, “Becoming Invisible\/ Against Visibility: Hito Steyerl’s \u003ci\u003eHow Not to be Seen: A Fucking Didactic Educational. MOV File” \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529218728279,"sku":"9781350194045","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350194045.jpg?v=1731874763","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-to-make-the-body-9781350194045","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}