Foreign Bodies (Paperback, New)

"Foreign Bodies" analyzes how our culture defines our naturally-evolved bodies. The author calls upon contemporary ways of understanding the body to explore forms of power, pleasure and pain, and libidinal identity. The theory is then contrasted with the practice of the body as found in quite different kinds of language - the language of plastic art (body building as the creation of an artwork), biography, anthropology and literature. This book explains how we experience our own powers of perception, our postures, gestures and attitudes; how pain and pleasure are no longer what they once were; and how our sensuality is coded by identities that are either phallic or fluid. The author illustrates how we make our bodies foreign to ourselves and envisages the sort of bodies we may become.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Alphonso Lingis
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	254
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-90990-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > The self, ego, identity, personality Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Self-help & practical interests > Popular psychology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-90990-2
Barcode:	9780415909907

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