Body battlegrounds : transgressions, tensions, and transformations

Body battlegrounds : transgressions, tensions, and transformations / edited by Chris Bobel and Samantha Kwan.

The complex lives of society's body outlaws and their acts of resistance.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bobel, Chris, 1963- (Editor), Kwan, Samantha (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Human body > Social aspects.
Manners and customs.
Women > Psychology.
Sexual minorities > Psychology.
customs (social concepts)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
Human body > Social aspects
Manners and customs
Women > Psychology
LGBTQ people.
Queer people.
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:The complex lives of society's body outlaws and their acts of resistance.
Body Battlegrounds explores the rich and complex lives of society's body outlaws - individuals from myriad social locations who oppose hegemonic norms, customs, and conventions about the body. Original research chapters (based on textual analysis, qualitative interviews, and participant observation) along with personal narratives provide a window into the everyday lives of people rewriting the norms of embodiment in sites like schools, sporting events, and doctors' offices. --Back cover.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 257 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0826522351
9780826522351
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 29, 2019).

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