Embodied Practices Feminist Perspectives on the Body |
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| Editor:
| Davis, Kathy |
| Series title: | European Journal of Women′s Studies Readers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7619-5363-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1997 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $79.00 |
Book Description:
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This book focuses on the significance of the body in contemporary feminist scholarship. The contributors offer a critical appraisal of the recent `body revival′, drawing upon insights from contemporary feminist theories on gender and power to explore the subject. The book sets an agenda not only for research about the body but for an embodied perspective on the body as well.
This book focuses on the significance of the body in contemporary feminist scholarship. The contributors offer a critical appraisal of the recent `body revival′, drawing upon insights from contemporary feminist theories on gender and power to explore the subject. The book sets an agenda not only for research about the body but for an embodied perspective on the body as well.