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Embodied Resistance: Challenging the Norms, Breaking the Rules

By Chris Bobel , Samantha Kwan

Book information

Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
0826517862, 9780826517869, 0826517870, 9780826517876
LCC
HM636 .E423 2011
Google Books ID
RmX7tgAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL25066434M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1726244 bytes)
Pages
289\289
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Embodied Resistance engages the rich and complex range of society's contemporary "body outlaws"--people from many social locations who violate norms about the private, the repellent, or the forbidden.  This collection ventures beyond the conventional focus on the "disciplined body" and instead, examines conformity from the perspective of resisters.   By balancing accessibly written original ethnographic research with personal narratives, Embodied Resistance provides a window into the everyday lives of those who defy or violate socially constructed body rules and conventions.

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