Body Images

Zusatztext " Weiss presents a subtle and thoughtful interrogation of the status of the body in our understanding of subjectivity and society. This is a book that is intimately attuned to the complexities of race, class, gender and geography and how they are always lived through bodily structures and experiences. Perhaps more than many of the great theorists of the body, Body Images makes us alive to how strongly these structures of cultural, sexual, racial and social differences are embedded in lived bodies ." -- Elizabeth Grosz, author of Volatile Bodies Informationen zum Autor Gail Weiss is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The George Washington University. She is co-editor of Perspectives on Embodiment (forthcoming from Routledge). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Presenting a wide-ranging discussion of the body image, this text examines the individual's immediate apprehension toward his or her body and bodily capabilities. The author gives a philosophical treatment of the role played by the body image in our everyday experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction {Introduction}; Chapter 1 Body Image Intercourse; Chapter 2 Splitting the Subject; Chapter 3 Morphological Fantasies; Chapter 4 The Abject Borders of the Body Image; Chapter 5 The Durée of the Techno-Body; Chapter 6 Écart; Chapter 7 Bodily Imperatives; conclusion {Conclusion};

"Weiss presents a subtle and thoughtful interrogation of the status of the body in our understanding of subjectivity and society. This is a book that is intimately attuned to the complexities of race, class, gender and geography and how they are always lived through bodily structures and experiences. Perhaps more than many of the great theorists of the body,Body Images*makes us alive to how strongly these structures ofcultural, sexual, racial and social differences areembedded in lived bodies." -- Elizabeth Grosz, author of Volatile Bodies*

Autorentext

Gail Weiss is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The George Washington University. She is co-editor of Perspectives on Embodiment (forthcoming from Routledge).

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
Presenting a wide-ranging discussion of the body image, this text examines the individual's immediate apprehension toward his or her body and bodily capabilities. The author gives a philosophical treatment of the role played by the body image in our everyday experience.

Inhalt

Introduction {Introduction}; Chapter 1 Body Image Intercourse; Chapter 2 Splitting the Subject; Chapter 3 Morphological Fantasies; Chapter 4 The Abject Borders of the Body Image; Chapter 5 The Durée of the Techno-Body; Chapter 6 Écart; Chapter 7 Bodily Imperatives; conclusion {Conclusion};