Beyond the Body Proper: Reading the Anthropology of Material Life
(Part of the Body, Commodity, Text Series)
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Over the past several decades, scholars in both the social sciences and humanities have moved beyond the idea that there is a "body proper" a singular, discrete biological organism with an individual psyche. They have begun to perceive embodiment as dynamic rather than static, as experiences that vary over time and across the world as they are shaped by discourses, institutions, practices, technologies, and ideologies. What has emerged is a multiplicity...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822338459
ISBN13:9780822338451
Release Date:April 2007
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:704 Pages
Weight:2.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"
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