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Belief, Bodies, and Being: Feminist Reflections on Embodiment

AUTHOR McAlister, Linda Lpez; Orr, Deborah; McAlister, Linda et al.
PUBLISHER Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (04/01/2006)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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InBelief, Bodies, and Being, twelve distinguished contributors present diverse and illuminating viewpoints on feminist issues of embodiement, materialism, and agency from feminist and postmodernist philosophical perspectives. Beginnning by positing non-traditional ways of approaching ontological concerns (through the acknowledgement of agential realties and the usage of an ontology of tropes), the volume concludes by addressing highly specific, culturally constituted types of postmodern bodies (monstrous, anorexic, and pharmaceutical bodies).
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ISBN-13: 9780742514157
ISBN-10: 0742514153
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 232
Carton Quantity: 32
Product Dimensions: 6.08 x 0.70 x 9.00 inches
Weight: 0.79 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Index, Table of Contents
Country of Origin: US
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Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
Social Science | Mind & Body
Dewey Decimal: 306.4
Library of Congress Control Number: 2005027601
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InBelief, Bodies, and Being, twelve distinguished contributors present diverse and illuminating viewpoints on feminist issues of embodiement, materialism, and agency from feminist and postmodernist philosophical perspectives. Beginnning by positing non-traditional ways of approaching ontological concerns (through the acknowledgement of agential realties and the usage of an ontology of tropes), the volume concludes by addressing highly specific, culturally constituted types of postmodern bodies (monstrous, anorexic, and pharmaceutical bodies).
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