Kathy Davis (ed.)

Broschiertes Buch

Embodied Practices

Feminist Perspectives on the Body

Herausgeber: Davis, Kathy

Beschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications UK
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 348g
• ISBN-13: 9780761953630
• ISBN-10: 0761953639
• Artikelnr.: 21709943

Rezensionen

`These essays are likely to be welcomed by those coming from a women's studies perspective....In addition, they open up possibilities for articulating an embodied theory of the body, which will be of interest to students of sociology or cultural theory and feminists alike' - Times Higher Education Supplement `As the editor of this exciting collection notes, while bodies are "in" in social and cultural theory, there has been a surprising neglect of the gendered nature of embodiment. This book presents fascinating and original accounts of the nature and meaning of female bodies over a range of cultural and political contexts and practices. The book's strengths lie in its successful melding of contemporary theory with empirical research and grounded examples of women's embodiment' - Deborah Lupton, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst `An excellent collection on the body from a specifically feminist perspective... a solid empirical work imbued with cutting-edge theorizing. Political implications for women are always foregrounded' - Judith Lorber