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Description for Bodies without Borders
Hardcover. The original scholarly research and first-person accounts of embodiment in this volume explore the role of bodies in the flows of people, money, commodities, and ideas across borders. Editor(s): Casanova, Erynn Masi de; Jafar, Afshan. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFFS; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Globalization is often thought of as an abstract process that happens "out there" in the world. But people are ultimately the driving force of global change, and people have bodies that are absent from current conversations about globalization. The original scholarly research and first-person accounts of embodiment in this volume explore the role of bodies in the flows of people, money, commodities, and ideas across borders. From Zumba fitness classes to martial arts to fashion blogs and the meanings of tattooing, the contributors examine migrating body practices and ideals that stretch across national boundaries.
Globalization is often thought of as an abstract process that happens "out there" in the world. But people are ultimately the driving force of global change, and people have bodies that are absent from current conversations about globalization. The original scholarly research and first-person accounts of embodiment in this volume explore the role of bodies in the flows of people, money, commodities, and ideas across borders. From Zumba fitness classes to martial arts to fashion blogs and the meanings of tattooing, the contributors examine migrating body practices and ideals that stretch across national boundaries.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137372185
SKU
V9781137372185
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About N/A
Kamille Gentles-Peart, Roger Williams University, USA Mónica Moreno Figueroa, Newcastle University, UK Joel Gwynne, National Institute for Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Barbara Sutton, the University at Albany, USA Nahed Eltantawy, High Point University, USA Lionel Loh, University of Singapore, Singapore Thomas J.D. Armbrecht, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Verena Hutter, DePauw University, USA Anisha Gautam, University of New South Wales, ... Read more
Reviews for Bodies without Borders
“Bodies without Borders makes an important connection between globalisation and the border versus body modification and boundaries of the body. … the book traces not only the powers of globalisation and neoliberalism but also the porosity of both political borders and physical bodies. It raises crucial questions around the debates on embodiment and subjectivity and will be of much interest ... Read more