Indeterminate Bodies
Naomi Segal (Ed.)
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Description for Indeterminate Bodies
Hardcover. This collection looks from a variety of angles at the human body as it resists the determinations of gender, sexuality, socialisation and history. Editor(s): Segal, Naomi; Taylor, Lib; Cook, Roger. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 497.
This collection looks from a variety of angles at the human body as it resists the determinations of gender, sexuality, socialisation and history. Ranging from classical hermaphrodites, Bruegel's blind faces and Weimar transgender surgery, via Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , state-socialist sport and Proust, to Barbie, Lari Pittman, American Psycho , IVF and video dance, the sixteen essays question the relationship between politics, culture and desire. This richly illustrated book also features the original work of two young photographers and a theatre director.
This collection looks from a variety of angles at the human body as it resists the determinations of gender, sexuality, socialisation and history. Ranging from classical hermaphrodites, Bruegel's blind faces and Weimar transgender surgery, via Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , state-socialist sport and Proust, to Barbie, Lari Pittman, American Psycho , IVF and video dance, the sixteen essays question the relationship between politics, culture and desire. This richly illustrated book also features the original work of two young photographers and a theatre director.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333949696
SKU
V9780333949696
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Naomi Segal (Ed.)
AJAMU self-taught photographer, SM/cultural activist and black queer arts festival producer JONATHAN BIGNELL Senior Lecturer in Media Arts, Royal Holloway, University of London MÁRTA CSABAI Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Research Institute of Psychology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest SHERRIL DODDS Lecturer in Dance Studies, University of Surrey FERENC ERÖS Deputy Director and Head of the Department of Social and ... Read more
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