The Human Body in Contemporary Literatures in English: Cultural and Political Implications Contributor(s): Coelsch-Foisner, Sabine (Other), Coelsch-Foisner, Sabine (Editor), Fernández Morales, Marta (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631572697 ISBN-13: 9783631572696 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Binding Type: Paperback Published: March 2009 Click for more in this series: Salzburg Studies in English Literature and Culture Sel & C |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
Dewey: 820.9 |
LCCN: 2009464879 |
Series: Salzburg Studies in English Literature and Culture Sel & C |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" L (0.56 lbs) 204 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Features: Bibliography |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The human body is a recurrent theme in contemporary literatures in English. The aim of this collection of essays is to explore its multiple representations and functions within a wide range of texts drawn together from various Anglophone cultures. For thematic coherence, this volume is divided into four parts: Diseased Bodies, Invented Bodies, Gendered and Transgender Bodies, and Fragmented and Mutilated Bodies. By adopting multi-disciplinary perspectives, each group of essays illustrates the different ways in which these become multiply signifying sites of cultural and political representation, whether the mode is realistic or daringly speculative and fantastic, as in the case of genetically designed bodies, monstrous and machine bodies. This book contributes to understanding the body as a culture-specific construct. |
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