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Description for Fracture
Paperback. Fracturing her arm in the grounds of a hotel in the USA leads Ann Oakley on a journey into some critical themes of modern Western culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 212.
The starting point of Ann Oakley's fascinating book is the fracture of her right arm in the grounds of a hotel in the USA. What begins as an accident becomes a journey into some critical themes of modern Western culture: the crisis of embodiment and the perfect self; the confusion between body and identity; the commodification of bodies and body parts; the intrusive surveillance and profiteering of medicine and the law; the problem of ageing; and the identification of women, particularly, with bodies - from the intensely ambiguous two-in-one state of pregnancy to women's later transformation into unproductive, brittle skeletons. ... Read more
The starting point of Ann Oakley's fascinating book is the fracture of her right arm in the grounds of a hotel in the USA. What begins as an accident becomes a journey into some critical themes of modern Western culture: the crisis of embodiment and the perfect self; the confusion between body and identity; the commodification of bodies and body parts; the intrusive surveillance and profiteering of medicine and the law; the problem of ageing; and the identification of women, particularly, with bodies - from the intensely ambiguous two-in-one state of pregnancy to women's later transformation into unproductive, brittle skeletons. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861349378
SKU
V9781861349378
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Ref
99-50
About Ann Oakley
Ann Oakley is a leading feminist sociologist and writer. She is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the Institute of Education, University of London and has published more than 30 books, including "The Sociology of Housework", "From here to maternity" and "Gender on planet earth". She has also written 7 novels, one of which, "The Men's Room", was made ... Read more
Reviews for Fracture
"A new book by Ann Oakley always engages us. Fracture weaves her personal story with a very fine meditation on the body. Reading it opens up important questions about the meaning of where we live from." Susie Orbach, psychoanalyst and writer "In a remarkably scholarly essay which includes a wide range of clearly explained references to the neurology of action ... Read more