The Chosen Body: The Politics of the Body in Israeli Society
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This book examines how the social and cultural paradigms of contemporary Israel are articulated through the body. To construct a panoramic view of how the Israeli body is chosen, regulated, cared for, and ultimately made perfect, the author draws upon some twenty years of ethnographic research in Israel in a range of subjects. These include premarital and prenatal screening, the regulation of the body and its imagery among appearance-impaired children...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0804750807
ISBN13:9780804750806
Release Date:November 2004
Publisher:Stanford University Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.9" x 8.5"
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