Abstract
What do we mean when we talk about 'the body'? This reader challenges the assumption that it can be invoked as a neutral, or indeed natural, point of reference in critical discussion or cultural practice. The essays collected here foreground the historical construction of 'the body' throughout a range of discourses from the modern to the postmodern, and seek to present it not as a biological 'given,' but as a contestable signifier in the articulation of identities
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Body |
| Editors | Tiffany Atkinson |
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Pages | 1-11 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0333765340, 0333765346 |
| Publication status | Published - 12 Sept 2005 |