'A must-read for psychotherapists, doctors and everyone else who
enjoys connecting ideas' Philippa Perry 'Compassionate and
challenging, warmly human and coolly rigorous. . . I am now
thinking afresh about how I live in my own body, in a world where,
as Clare Chambers argues, nobody's body is ever allowed to be good
enough, just as it is' Timandra Harkness What would it take for
your body to be good enough? The pressure to change our bodies is
overwhelming. We strive to defy ageing, build our biceps, cure our
disabilities, conceal our quirks. Surrounded by filtered photos and
surgically-enhanced features, we must contort our physical selves
to prejudiced standards of beauty. Perfection is impossible, and
even an acceptable body seems out of reach. In this mind-expanding
book, Cambridge philosopher Clare Chambers argues that the
unmodified body is a key political principle. While defending our
right to change our bodies, she argues that the social pressures to
modify undermine equality. She shows how the connected ideas of the
natural body, the normal body, and the whole body have been used
both to disrupt and to maintain social hierarchies - sometimes
oppressing, other times liberating. The body becomes a site of
political importance: a place where hierarchies of sex, gender,
race, disability, age, and class are reinforced. Through a
thought-provoking analysis of the power dynamics that structure our
society, and with examples ranging widely from bodybuilding to
breast implants, deafness to male circumcision, Intact stresses
that we must break away from the oppressive forces that demand we
alter our bodies. Instead, it offers a bold, transformative vision
of the human body that is equal without expectation.
General
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
July 2023 |
| Authors: |
Clare Chambers
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| Dimensions: |
198 x 130 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
432 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-14-199250-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-14-199250-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780141992501 |
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