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This book examines how the social and cultural paradigms of contemporary Israel are articulated through the body, constructing a panoramic view of how the Israeli body is chosen, regulated, cared for, and ultimately made perfect.

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"The Chosen Body demonstrates that passionate scholarship is not an oxymoron . . . . [This] is a great ethnography of how societies shape bodies, but its importance as a work of moral testimony may be even greater." -- Canadian Journal of Sociology Online
"The Chosen Body is thought-provoking and has far-reaching importance and relevance for all students of human behavior." -- The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/08/2002
      ISBN13: 9780804732727, 978-0804732727
      ISBN10: 0804732728

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book examines how the social and cultural paradigms of contemporary Israel are articulated through the body, constructing a panoramic view of how the Israeli body is chosen, regulated, cared for, and ultimately made perfect.

      Trade Review
      "The Chosen Body demonstrates that passionate scholarship is not an oxymoron . . . . [This] is a great ethnography of how societies shape bodies, but its importance as a work of moral testimony may be even greater." -- Canadian Journal of Sociology Online
      "The Chosen Body is thought-provoking and has far-reaching importance and relevance for all students of human behavior." -- The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

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