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Author:   E. Casanova ,  A. Jafar
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.894kg
ISBN:  

9781137372185

ISBN 10:   1137372184
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   18 December 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. The Global Martial Circuit and Globalized Bodies; Lionel Loh Han Loong 2. West Indian Immigrant Women, Body Politics and Cultural Citizenship; Kamille Gentles-Peart 3. Don't You See? (Personal Reflection); Mónica Moreno Figueroa 4. New Femininity, Neoliberalism and Young Women's Fashion Blogs in Singapore and Malaysia; Joel Gwynne 5. Fashion of Fear: Securing the Body in an Unequal Global World; Barbara Sutton 6. My Struggle with the Headscarf (Personal Reflection); Nahed Eltantawy 7. The Face is the Mask: Global Modifications of Body and Soul (Personal Reflection); Thomas J.D. Armbrecht 8. Images in Skin: Tattooed Performers in Germany in the Twentieth Century and Today; Verena Hutter 9. Fragments: Stories of An-Other Life (Personal Reflection); Anisha Gautam 10. 'A Mover la Colita': Zumba Dance-Fitness in Mexico and Beyond; Diana Brenscheidt gen. Jost

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'From Zuma and tattooing to bulletproof fashion and beauty regimes, a unique and provocative look into the body politics of globalization that blends transdisciplinary and transnational analyses of and personal reflections on the restructuring of bodies, identities, and embodied knowledge.' - Anne Sisson Runyan, Professor, Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Cincinnati, USA

Author Information

Kamille Gentles-Peart, Roger Williams University, USA Mónica Moreno Figueroa, Newcastle University, UK Joel Gwynne, National Institute for Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Barbara Sutton, the University at Albany, USA Nahed Eltantawy, High Point University, USA Lionel Loh, University of Singapore, Singapore Thomas J.D. Armbrecht, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Verena Hutter, DePauw University, USA Anisha Gautam, University of New South Wales, Australia Diana Brenscheidt, University of Sonora, Mexico

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