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American Bodies

American Bodies
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 0814706584
ISBN-13 : 9780814706589
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Book Synopsis American Bodies by : Tim Armstrong

Download or read book American Bodies written by Tim Armstrong and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1996-12 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors from areas including history, literary and cultural studies, and film studies look at the body as a cultural construct configured by politics, gender, racial categories, fears of pollution, and commercial forces that exploit and regulate it, from the 19th century to the present. They examine subjects such as sailor tattoos, maritime cannibalism, birth control, anorexia, boxing, cyberpunk, and plastic surgery. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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