num_pages: 224
description: 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 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 insi
language: English
title: Embodied Practices: Feminist Perspectives on the Body
titlecomplete: Embodied Practices: Feminist Perspectives on the Body (European Journal of Women′s Studies Readers series)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd