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What can the past tell us about the future(s) of the body? The origins of this collection of papers lie in the work of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities which has been involved in presenting a series of international workshops and conferences on the theme of the cultural life of the body. Th...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Janes, Dominic
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2007.
Sujets:
Human body > Social aspects.
Human body > Symbolic aspects.
Corps humain > Aspect social.
Corps humain > Aspect symbolique.
Social theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Human body > Social aspects
Human body > Symbolic aspects
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Résumé:What can the past tell us about the future(s) of the body? The origins of this collection of papers lie in the work of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities which has been involved in presenting a series of international workshops and conferences on the theme of the cultural life of the body. The rationale for these events was that, in concepts as diverse as the cyborg, the questioning of mind/body dualism, the contemporary image of the suicide bomber and the patenting of human genes, we ...
Description matérielle:1 online resource (vi, 274 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781443846301
1443846309

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