The politics of selfhood : bodies and identities in global capitalism / / Richard Harvey Brown, editor
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| Titolo: |
The politics of selfhood : bodies and identities in global capitalism / / Richard Harvey Brown, editor
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| Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330.12/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Capitalism - Social aspects |
| Feminist theory | |
| Altri autori: |
BrownRichard Harvey
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The illness of global capitalism / Margaret J. Tally -- The problematics of democratic action within disciplinary liberalism / Philip W. Jenks -- Genocide or assimilation / Antonella Fabri -- The ludic body / Lauren Langman -- From body politics to body shops / Timothy W. Luke -- Reinventing the liberal self / Eva Illouz -- Reflections in an unblinking eye / Timothy McGettigan -- From subject to citizen to consumer / Lauren Langman -- Narration and postmodern mediations of Western selfhood / Richard Harvey Brown. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Taking a cross-cultural approach, the authors consider how the body is constructed in various ways for different purposes, how the electronic media shapes selves and sensualities and contributes to civic discourse, and how global capitalism acts as a force in these processes. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The politics of selfhood |
| ISBN: | 0-8166-9255-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807643003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Public worlds ; ; v. 13.