Body images : embodiment as intercorporeality / Gail Weiss.
"This book examines the many forces that contribute to the ongoing construction, deconstruction and reconstruction of body images. Drawing on relevant discussions of embodiment in phenomenology, feminist theory, psychoanalytic theory, queer theory and post-colonial theory, Body Images explores...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
1999.
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| Summary: | "This book examines the many forces that contribute to the ongoing construction, deconstruction and reconstruction of body images. Drawing on relevant discussions of embodiment in phenomenology, feminist theory, psychoanalytic theory, queer theory and post-colonial theory, Body Images explores the role played by the body image in our everyday existence." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0651/98003799-d.html. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415918022 9780415918022 0415918030 9780415918039 |