Bodies Without Borders [electronic resource] /
Casanova, E.editor.
Jafar, A.editor.
Globalization is often thought of as an abstract process that happens "out there" in the world. But people are ultimately the driving force of global change, and people have bodies that are absent from current conversations about globalization. The original scholarly research and first-person accounts of embodiment in this volume explore the role of bodies in the flows of people, money, commodities, and ideas across borders. From Zumba fitness classes to martial arts to fashion blogs and the meanings of tattooing, the contributors examine migrating body practices and ideals that stretch across national boundaries.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Bodies, Borders, and the Other: An Introduction; -- The Global Martial Circuit and Globalized Bodies -- West Indian Immigrant Women, Body Politics, and Cultural Citizenship -- Don't You See? (Personal Reflection) -- New Femininity, Neoliberalism, and Young Women's Fashion Blogs in Singapore and Malaysia -- Fashion of Fear: Securing the Body in an Unequal Global World -- My Struggle with the Headscarf (Personal Reflection) --  The Face Is the Mask: Global Modifications of the Body and Soul (Personal Reflection) -- Images in Skin: Tattooed Performers in Germany in the Twentieth Century and Today -- Fragments: Stories of An-Other Life (Personal Reflection); --  " A Mover la Colita ": Zumba Dance-Fitness in Mexico and Beyond; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-186) and index.
Globalization is often thought of as an abstract process that happens "out there" in the world. But people are ultimately the driving force of global change, and people have bodies that are absent from current conversations about globalization. The original scholarly research and first-person accounts of embodiment in this volume explore the role of bodies in the flows of people, money, commodities, and ideas across borders. From Zumba fitness classes to martial arts to fashion blogs and the meanings of tattooing, the contributors examine migrating body practices and ideals that stretch across national boundaries.
Culture.
Sociology.
Human geography.
Human body
Sociology of Culture.
Gender Studies.
Sociology, general.
Human Geography.
Sociology of the Body.
Cultural Studies.