Indeterminate bodies / edited by Naomi Segal, Lib Taylor, and Roger Cook.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Segal, Naomi.

Taylor, Lib, 1950-

Cook, Roger, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body--Social aspects.

Human body.

Human body (Philosophy).

Human body in literature.

Human figure in art.

Gender identity.

Physical Description:

xvii, 236 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2003.

Summary:

This collection looks from a variety of angles at the human body as it resists the determinations of gender, sexuality, socialization, and history. Ranging from classical hermaphrodites, Bruegel's blind faces and Weimar transgender surgery, via "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," state-socialist sport and Proust, to Barbie, Lari Pittman," American Psycho," IVF, and video dance, the 16 essays question the relationship between politics, culture, and desire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0333949692

OCLC:

49936256

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