num_pages: 305
description: This startling volume explores the traumas and possibilities of embodiment as it is lived in a political world. Unveiling the influence of phenomenology, particularly that of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, on contemporary thought. Bodies of Resistance cuts across the disciplines of philosophy, political theory, literature, and cultural studies to explore anew how we are at once produced by yet resistant to cultural norms.
language: English
title: Bodies of Resistance: New Phenomenologies of Politics, Agency, and Culture
titlecomplete: Bodies of Resistance: New Phenomenologies of Politics, Agency, and Culture (Philosophy, Literature And Culture)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Northwestern University Press