Missing bodies : the politics of visibility /

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We know more about the physical body--how it begins, how it responds to illness, even how it decomposes--than ever before. Yet not all bodies are created equal, some bodies clearly count more than others, and some bodies are not recognized at all. In Missing Bodies, Monica J. Casper and Lisa Jean Mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Casper, Monica J., 1966- (Author), Moore, Lisa Jean, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2009.
Series:Biopolitics (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Berner Handelskammer
Human body (Philosophy)
Body image.
Mortality.
Masculinity.
Equality.
Body Image
Mortality
Corps humain (Philosophie)
Image du corps.
Mortalité.
Masculinité.
mortality.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Body image
Equality
Masculinity
Materialität
Körper
Feminismus
Erkenntnistheorie
Philosophie
Körpererfahrung
Körperbild
Soziologie
Sichtbarkeit
Geschlechterforschung
Kriegsverlust
Menselijk lichaam.
Lichamelijkheid.
Mishandeling.
Filosofische aspecten.
Lichaamsattitude.
corps humain > société (milieu humain) > visibilité sociale > 21e s. (début)
corps humain > image > visibilité sociale > 21e s. (début)
Kroppsuppfattning.
Människokroppen > sociologiska aspekter.
Mortalitet.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The bodies we see, and some that are not here
  • Seen but not heard : consequences of innocence lost
  • Calculated losses : taking the measure of infant mortality
  • Biodisaster : "the greatest weapon of mass destruction on earth"
  • Fluid matters : human biomonitoring as gendered surveillance
  • "They used me" : manufacturing heroes in wartime
  • It takes balls : Lance Armstrong and the triumph of American masculinity
  • Excavations.

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