Violence and the Body
Subtitle: Race, Gender, and the State
Contributors: Alfred Arteaga (Foreword); Arturo J. Aldama (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780253215598
Subjects: Cultural studies; Violence in Society; Politics / Current Events; Gender Studies; Social Science; Violence; Sociology; General; Feminist theory; Body, Human; Political aspects; Social control
First sentence: When bodies feel sudden fear, the adrenaline curve in the nervous system spikes in the first few milliseconds, provoking a fight-or-flight response with varying intensities in the physiology of individual subjects.