The DESIRABLE BODY
Subtitle: Cultural Fetishism and the Erotics of Consumption
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: December 12, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780252069512
Subjects: Cultural studies; Sociology, Social Studies; Social Interaction; Social Science; Sociology; Popular Culture - General; Sociology - Social Theory; Social Science / Gender Studies; Sociology - General; Body, Human; History; Popular Culture; Sex symbolism; Social aspects
First sentence: The most important moment in the reconstruction of the modern experience of the body lies in a complex of changes that unfolded around the middle of the nineteenth century.