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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449739103321

Autore

Sargisson Lucy <1964, >

Titolo

Utopian bodies and the politics of transgression / / Lucy Sargisson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-282-77761-0

9786612777615

1-134-61051-3

0-203-04975-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Disciplina

305.3

321.07

Soggetti

Utopias

Utopias - Political aspects

Gender identity

Human body - Symbolic aspects

Political science

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-160) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction to utopian bodies; Bodies of thought; Bodies of people; Publicising the private?; Property; Self/Other relations; Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix A; Appendix B; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

A study of utopianism as a critique of the political present. The book is organised around three types of body: bodies of thought, of people and physical bodies. It covers three areas: feminism, environmentalism and sex/gender theory.