TY  - GEN
T1  - The body in Asia
T2  - Asia Pacific studies ;
A2  - Turner, Bryan S.
A2  - Zheng, Yangwen
LA  - English
PP  - New York
PB  - Berghahn Books
YR  - 2009
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn647933020
AB  - The past few decades have seen growing interest in the study of the body. However, the increasing number of exciting and influential publications has primarily, if not exclusively, focused on the body in Western cultures. The various works produced by Asian scholars remain largely unknown to Western academic debates even though Asia is home to a host of rich body cultures and religions. The peoples of Asia have experienced colonization, decolonization, and now globalization, all of which make the 'body in Asia' a rewarding field of research. This unique volume brings together a number of schol.
OP  - 230
CN  - GT497.A78 B64 2009eb
SN  - 9781845459666
SN  - 1845459660
SN  - 9781845455507
SN  - 1845455509
KW  - Human body : Social aspects : Asia.
KW  - Human body : Social aspects : Africa.
KW  - Corps humain : Aspect social : Asie.
KW  - Corps humain : Aspect social : Afrique.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Cultural Policy.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Anthropology : Cultural.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Popular Culture.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Sociology : General.
KW  - Human body : Social aspects
KW  - Africa
KW  - Asia
ER  -