Getting under the skin the body and media theory
"The body as an object of critical study dominates disciplines across the humanities to such an extent that a new discipline has emerged: body criticism. In Getting Under the Skin, Bernadette Wegenstein traces contemporary body discourse in philosophy and cultural studies to its roots in twenti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass.
MIT Press
2006
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| Collection: | MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "The body as an object of critical study dominates disciplines across the humanities to such an extent that a new discipline has emerged: body criticism. In Getting Under the Skin, Bernadette Wegenstein traces contemporary body discourse in philosophy and cultural studies to its roots in twentieth-century thought - showing how psychoanalysis, phenomenology, cognitive science, and feminist theory contributed to a new body concept - and studies the millenial body in performance art, popular culture, new media arts, and architecture."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 211 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781423772552 9780262285889 0262285886 1423772555 |