This book focuses on the significance of the body in contemporary
feminist scholarship. In recent years, the body has become a `hot
item' in both contemporary social theory and research. This renewed
interest has received a mixed reaction from feminists. While the
body may be back, the `new' body theory often proves to be just as
disembodied as it ever was. The body revival seems to be less an
attempt to re-embody masculinist science than just another
expression of the same condition which evoked the feminist critique
in the first place: a flight from femininity and everything that is
associated with it in western culture. Embodied Practices offers a
critical appraisal of the recent `body revival', drawing upon
insights from contemporary feminist theories on gender and power to
explore the subject. The book sets an agenda not only for research
about the body but for an embodied perspective on the body as well.
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