Grand Celebration: 10th Anniversary of the Human Genome Project - Volume 3

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910557457603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: MDPI
• ISBN: 3-03842-171-5
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

The body and shame : phenomenology, feminism, and the socially shaped body / / Luna Dolezal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797188303321
• Autore: Dolezal Luna
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-4985-1358-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4613
• Soggetti: Body image - Social aspects; Human body (Philosophy); Shame
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Shame and Philosophy""; ""2 Phenomenology of the Body and Shame""; ""3 Shame and the Socially Shaped Body""; ""4 The Politics of Shame""; ""5 Body Shame and Female Experience""; ""6 The Case of Cosmetic Surgery""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""
• Sommario/riassunto: Every woman - indeed every member of an oppressed group - will find this topic resonant. Dolezal argues that, while 'acute' body shame is necessary to socialization (what Norbert Elias called 'the civilising ; process'), 'chronic' body shame is undermining; its destructive potential is exemplified in the case of cosmetic surgery. Dolezal skilfully weaves together social theory (Elias, Foucault, Goffman) with phenomenology (Sartre, Merleau-Ponty) to outline a theory of the socially shaped body that will be required reading for feminists and social theorists alike.