Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Frances E. Mascia-Lees ,  Patricia Sharpe
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.263kg
ISBN:  

9780791410660

ISBN 10:   0791410668
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   17 September 1992
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Soft-Tissue Modification and the Horror Within Frances E. Mascia-Lees and Patricia Sharpe 2. The Greatest Story (N)Ever Told: The Spectacle of Recantation Helena Michie 3. Cinematic Gifts: The Moral and Social Exchange of Bodies in Horror Films Louise Krasniewicz 4. Olfactory Constitution of the Postmodern Body: Nature Challenged, Nature Adorned Colleen Ballerino Cohen 5. Vandalized Vanity: Feminine Physiques Betrayed and Portrayed Anne Bolin 6. As You Stand, So You Feel and Are: The Crying Body and the Nineteenth-Century Text Robyn R. Warhol 7. Torture: A Discourse on Practice Nacunan Saez 8. The Marked and the Un(re)marked: Tattoo and Gender in Theory and Narrative Frances E. Mascia-Lees and Patricia Sharpe Contributors

Reviews

""This exciting book engages the most current debates about the representation of the human body, particularly the female body, in various media such as literature, film, and popular magazines. Thoroughly conversant with the latest in feminist criticism, gender theory, and the predicaments of postmodern culture, the authors explore various narratives and images through which the gendered body is currently represented. ""What makes this a coherent volume is the shared interest throughout the essays in the representation of the body surface (tattooing, perfuming, weightlifting) and body penetration (rape, torture) and the relationship of these matters to the issue of gender. This volume thus combines a theoretical sophistication with attention to a variety of fascinating case studies that illuminate the predicament of the body in postmodern culture."" - Howard Eilberg Schwartz, Stanford University

This exciting book engages the most current debates about the representation of the human body, particularly the female body, in various media such as literature, film, and popular magazines. Thoroughly conversant with the latest in feminist criticism, gender theory, and the predicaments of postmodern culture, the authors explore various narratives and images through which the gendered body is currently represented. What makes this a coherent volume is the shared interest throughout the essays in the representation of the body surface (tattooing, perfuming, weightlifting) and body penetration (rape, torture) and the relationship of these matters to the issue of gender. This volume thus combines a theoretical sophistication with attention to a variety of fascinating case studies that illuminate the predicament of the body in postmodern culture. - Howard Eilberg Schwartz, Stanford University

Author Information

Frances E. Mascia-Lees is Professor of Anthropology at Simon's Rock College of Bard where she is also co-director of Women's Studies. She is the author of Toward a Model of Women's Status. Patricia Sharpe is Professor of Literature and Women's Studies at Simon's Rock College of Bard.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Countries Available

All regions