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Body: A Very Short Introduction

By: Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 120ISBN:
  • 9780198739036
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.4613 SHI
Summary: Provides a compelling introduction to the importance of the body for contemporary identities and social relationships,Demonstrates how social relations, technological advances, and cultural representations shape the body and affect our understanding of body matters,Explores how body matters lie at the heart of contemporary cultural and religious conflicts,Examines how the body has become central to our self-identities, while also becoming subjected increasingly to economic forces,Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over seven million copies sold worldwide
List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals September 2025-Liberal Arts and Humanities
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Provides a compelling introduction to the importance of the body for contemporary identities and social relationships,Demonstrates how social relations, technological advances, and cultural representations shape the body and affect our understanding of body matters,Explores how body matters lie at the heart of contemporary cultural and religious conflicts,Examines how the body has become central to our self-identities, while also becoming subjected increasingly to economic forces,Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over seven million copies sold worldwide

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