- Taschenbuch: 216 Seiten
- Verlag: North Atlantic Books; Auflage: 1 (3. April 2007)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 097125463X
- ISBN-13: 978-0971254633
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 10,7 x 1,5 x 17,5 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 810.351 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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In the twenty-first century, the body is experienced less as a fixed entity than it is as a protean product and a project of technological, medical and artistic invention. The essays in Bodies in the Making: Transgressions and Transformations address the proliferation of such transformative practices as tattooing, piercing, self-cutting, cosmetic and transsexual surgery, prosthetics, organ transplants and life extension technologies.
Establishing links among these varied practices, the contributors illuminate the dramatic and widespread changes that have taken place across generations in attitudes towards the relation of the body to the mind, to agency and to subjectivity.
Bodies in the Making also addresses a paradox that has shaped recent body modification debates. Although physical transformations are usually experienced as self-expressive and libratory, they are frequently understood to be socially determined, economically driven and culturally enmeshed. Contributors to the volume engage this contradiction directly, exploring ways in which diverse body practices are capable of subverting power while also at times re-inscribing it.
Establishing links among these varied practices, the contributors illuminate the dramatic and widespread changes that have taken place across generations in attitudes towards the relation of the body to the mind, to agency and to subjectivity.
Bodies in the Making also addresses a paradox that has shaped recent body modification debates. Although physical transformations are usually experienced as self-expressive and libratory, they are frequently understood to be socially determined, economically driven and culturally enmeshed. Contributors to the volume engage this contradiction directly, exploring ways in which diverse body practices are capable of subverting power while also at times re-inscribing it.
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12. Januar 2011
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I initially bought this book because of its beautiful and intriguing cover. It turned out to be a rather useful source of inspiration for a few essays and even a couple of drawings. It also played a part in helping me choose a topic for my BA thesis in anthropology. I must admit that I was rather skeptical when I first saw the book once it arrived - it was smaller than I had imagined and the paragraphs were short and didn't seem to contain much information. Looks are deceiving! Each short paragraph is well composed and introduces the reader to yet another way of thinking of and looking at the art of body modification. It's by no means a full overview of body modification techniques but it will give new ideas to old-timers and it will plant seeds of interest in newcomers.
just kind of ok
10. Oktober 2009
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This book has some interesting ideas. But, in my opinion, the writing (or editing) is kind of lacking. The chapters don't have much depth and it generally reads much like what it is - a collection of stuff generated from a conference. Overall, it's just kind of OK.
Some essays better than others, but all in all, great
10. November 2008
It was a very interesting book and what made it compelling was that it is a compilation of various essays revolving around one topic but all quite unique. I enjoyed it greatly.
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