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Bodies We Fail
Jules Sturm
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Description for Bodies We Fail
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 8 b/w & 14 color illus. BIC Classification: AC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
This book explores the productive effects of bodily ›failure‹ in the sphere of visuality. The aim is to reflect on the human body's constant exposure to visual constraints and distortions, which are incorporated so strongly in everyday images of our bodies that they become invisible, while yet representative of cultural norms. By analyzing artistic literary and visual representations of imperfect, disabled, aging, queer, and monstrous bodies, this project exposes the »handicaps« of normative vision and opens up new ways of recognizing a multitude of corporeal existences and practices outside the norm.
This book explores the productive effects of bodily ›failure‹ in the sphere of visuality. The aim is to reflect on the human body's constant exposure to visual constraints and distortions, which are incorporated so strongly in everyday images of our bodies that they become invisible, while yet representative of cultural norms. By analyzing artistic literary and visual representations of imperfect, disabled, aging, queer, and monstrous bodies, this project exposes the »handicaps« of normative vision and opens up new ways of recognizing a multitude of corporeal existences and practices outside the norm.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837626094
SKU
V9783837626094
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About Jules Sturm
Jules Sturm (PhD) is assistant professor of Literary Studies and Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam. His research interests are critical theories of the body in the fields of queer and disability studies, and posthuman theories.
Reviews for Bodies We Fail
Besprochen in: IASLonline, 06.02.2016, Martina Allen