Feminist Perspectives on the Body is an accessible, up-to-date book which bridges the gap between existing high level, theoretical texts and the growing number of people interested in gaining a basic understanding of the key concepts involved.
Feminist Perspectives on the Body is an accessible, up-to-date book which bridges the gap between existing high level, theoretical texts and the growing number of people interested in gaining a basic understanding of the key concepts involved.
"The author explores many important topics including: the Western world's construction of the body as a theoretical, philosophical and political concept; the body and reproduction; medicalisation; cosmetic surgery and eating disorders; the body in performance; the private and th…
Feminist Perspectives on the Body is an accessible, up-to-date book which bridges the gap between existing high level, theoretical texts and the growing number of people interested in gaining a basic understanding of the key concepts involved.
Feminist Perspectives on the Body is an accessible, up-to-date book which bridges the gap between existing high level, theoretical texts and the growing number of people interested in gaining a basic understanding of the key concepts involved.
International Relations, in both theory and practice, has been increasingly concerned with a proliferation of modes of violence that use, target, and construct bodies in complex ways that challenge notions of security. The central argument of this work is that the bodies that pr…
According to conventional international relations theory, states or groups make war and, in doing so, kill and injure people that other states are charged with protecting. While it sees the perpetrators of violence as rational actors, it views those who are either protected or k…