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A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment
Frances Mascia-Lees
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Description for A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment
Hardback. A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment offers original essays that examine historical and contemporary approaches to conceptualizations of the body. Editor(s): Mascia-Lees, Frances E. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 173 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1142.
A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment offers original essays that examine historical and contemporary approaches to conceptualizations of the body.
A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment offers original essays that examine historical and contemporary approaches to conceptualizations of the body.
- In this ground-breaking work on the body and embodiment, the latest scholarship from anthropology and related social science fields is presented, providing new insights on body politics and the experience of the body
- Original chapters cover historical and contemporary approaches and highlight new research frameworks
- Reflects the increasing importance of embodiment and its ethnographic contexts within anthropology
- Highlights the increasing emphasis on examining the production of scientific, technological, and medical expertise in studying bodies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Series
Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405189491
SKU
V9781405189491
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99-50
About Frances Mascia-Lees
Frances E. Mascia-Lees is Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University. She was Editor-in-Chief of American Anthropologist from 2001 to 2006, is a Founder and current Member of the Board of Anthropology Now, and was an International Scholar of the Open Society Institute from 2007 to 2010. She is author of numerous publications including Taking a Stand in a Postfeminist World: ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment
“Overall, this is a rich and valuable resource which offers great insight into bodies, and anthropological research on bodies, today.” (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 29 April 2014) “This wonderful companion to embodiment and body-studies covers twenty nine different aspects from our daily embodied lives.” (The Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, 1 May 2012)