Reading the social body /

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 th...

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Tác giả khác: Burroughs, Catherine B., 1958-, Ehrenreich, Jeffrey
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©1993.
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Tóm tắt: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
Mô tả vật lý:1 online resource (viii, 273 pages) : illustrations
Định dạng:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Thư mục:Includes bibliographical references and index.
số ISBN:1587290294
9781587290299
0877454019
0877454027
9780877454014
9780877454021