The Chosen Body: The Politics of the Body in Israeli Society
Author:   Meira Weiss
Publisher:   Stanford University Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780804750806


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   15 November 2004
Format:   Paperback
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The Chosen Body: The Politics of the Body in Israeli Society


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Author:   Meira Weiss
Publisher:   Stanford University Press
Imprint:   Stanford University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.259kg
ISBN:  

9780804750806


ISBN 10:   0804750807
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   15 November 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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The Chosen Body demonstrates that passionate scholarship is not an oxymoron ... [This] is a great ethnography of how societies shape bodies, but its importance as a work of moral testimony may be even greater. - Canadian Journal of Sociology Online The Chosen Body is thought-provoking and has far-reaching importance and relevance for all students of human behavior. - The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease


"""The Chosen Body demonstrates that passionate scholarship is not an oxymoron ... [This] is a great ethnography of how societies shape bodies, but its importance as a work of moral testimony may be even greater."" - Canadian Journal of Sociology Online ""The Chosen Body is thought-provoking and has far-reaching importance and relevance for all students of human behavior."" - The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease"


The Chosen Body demonstrates that passionate scholarship is not an oxymoron . . . . [This] is a great ethnography of how societies shape bodies, but its importance as a work of moral testimony may be even greater. -- Canadian Journal of Sociology Online


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Meira Weiss is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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