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The Chosen Body - The Politics of the Body in Israeli Society (Hardcover): Meira Weiss

The Chosen Body - The Politics of the Body in Israeli Society (Hardcover)

Meira Weiss

Series: Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences

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This book examines how the social and cultural paradigms of contemporary Israel are articulated through the body. To construct a panoramic view of how the Israeli body is chosen, regulated, cared for, and ultimately made perfect, the author draws upon some twenty years of ethnographic research in Israel in a range of subjects. These include premarital and prenatal screening, the regulation of the body and its imagery among appearance-impaired children and their families, the screening and sanctifying of the body as part of the bereavement and commemoration of fallen soldiers, and the discourse of the chosen body as it surfaces during terrorist attacks, military socialization, war, and the peace process.

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Imprint: Stanford University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences
Release date: August 2002
First published: 2002
Authors: Meira Weiss
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth / Cloth
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-3272-7
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General
LSN: 0-8047-3272-8
Barcode: 9780804732727

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