Tattoo, Torture, Mutilation, and Adornment: The Denaturalization of the Body in Culture and Text (SUNY Series, the Body in Culture, History, and Series, Body in Culture, History, & Religion)
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (664 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0791410668 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 190 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Cultural practices which deform, adorn, mutilate, and obliterate the body illustrate that it is an important site for the inscription of culture. Contemporary theory across a wide range of disciplines denaturalizes the body and reveals it to be a social construction. The authors draw on cross currents in feminist theory, literary criticism, anthropology, and history to analyze several such cultural practices as examples of the power of culture to encode its messages on the human form.
What makes this a coherent volume is the shared interest throughout the essays in the representation of the body surface (tattooing, perfuming, weightlifting) and body penetration (rape, torture) and the relationship of these matters to the issue of gender. Thoroughly conversant with the latest in feminist criticism, gender theory, and the predicaments of postmodern culture, the authors explore various narratives and images through which the gendered body is currently represented. This exciting book engages the most current debates about the representation of the human body, particularly the female body, in various media such as literature, film, and popular magazines. Howard Eilberg Schwartz, Stanford University" . This volume thus combines a theoretical sophistication with attention to a variety of fascinating case studies that illuminate the predicament of the body in postmodern culture
Not what it seems but still very good uimmiu I initially bought this book with the intention of using it for my research on tattooing and other forms of body modification. I was rather disappointed because this book only had one paragraph that actually addressed these issues. However I still found the book useful . "BUYER BEWARE!!!" according to Azrael765@hotmail.com. The title of this book is incredibly misleading. IT has NOTHING to do with body adornment. It is about the changing sociological perspective of the human body and the gender issues involved. I bought this book with the intention of doing a research paper on body adornme. A Customer said This book is not what it seems. This title came up in a search on the keyword "tattoo". The cover illustration has some tattoos, and the introduction talks a bit about body modification, but the rest of the book has *nothing* to do with this subject. Still, they are marketing the book towards this aud
Frances E. She is the author of Toward a Model of Women s Status.Patricia Sharpe is Professor of Literature and Women s Studies at Simon s Rock College of Bard." . Mascia-Lees is Professor of Anthropology at Simon s Rock College of Bard where she is also co-director of Women s Studies