The politics of selfhood : bodies and identities in global capitalism / Richard Harvey Brown, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Richard Harvey.

Series:

Public worlds ; v. 13.

Public worlds ; v. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--Social aspects.

Capitalism.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

xxi, 246 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2003]

Summary:

In Bodies and in Selves, we can see politics, economics, and culture play out, and the tensions and crises of society made visible. The women's movement, lobbies for the elderly, pro-choice and pro-life activism, AIDS research and education, pedophilia and repressed memory, global sports spectacles, organ donor networks, campaigns for safe sex, chastity, or preventive medicine -- all are aspects of the contemporary politics of bodies and identities covered in this book. Three broad themes run through the collection: how the body is constructed in various ways for different purposes, how the electronic media and its uses shape selves and sensualities and contribute to civic discourse, and how global capitalism acts as a direct force in these processes. By taking a distinctly cross-cultural and comparative approach, this volume explores the political, economic, institutional, and cultural settings of corporeality, identity, and representation.

Contents:

The illness of global capitalism / Margaret J. Tally

The problematics of democratic action within disciplinary liberalism / Philip W. Jenks

Genocide or assimilation / Antonella Fabri

The ludic body / Lauren Langman

From body politics to body shops / Timothy W. Luke

Reinventing the liberal self / Eva Illouz

Reflections in an unblinking eye / Timothy McGettigan

From subject to citizen to consumer / Lauren Langman

Narration and postmodern mediations of western selfhood / Richard Harvey Brown.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0816637547

0816637555

OCLC:

51868058