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Reading the social body / edited by Catherine B. Burroughs and Jeffrey David Ehrenreich.
LIBRA GT495 .R43 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human body--Social aspects.
- Human body.
- Human body in literature.
- Human body (Philosophy).
- Feminist criticism.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [1993]
- Summary:
- The overarching argument of "Reading the Social Body "is that the body is cultural rather than " natural." Some of the essays treat the social construction of bodies that have actually existed in human history; others discuss the representation of bodies in artistic contexts; all recognize that everything visible to the human body--from posture and costume to the width of an eyebrow or a smile--is determined by and shaped in response to a particular culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0877454019
- 0877454027
- OCLC:
- 27068697
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