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The politics of selfhood : bodies and identities in global capitalism / Richard Harvey Brown, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Public worlds ; v. 13.
- Public worlds ; v. 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capitalism--Social aspects.
- Capitalism.
- Feminist theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Taking a cross-cultural approach, the authors consider how the body is constructed in various ways for different purposes, how the electronic media shapes selves and sensualities and contributes to civic discourse, and how global capitalism acts as a force in these processes.
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9255-6
- OCLC:
- 476095408
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