Bodies Without Borders
Globalization is often thought of as an abstract process that happens "out there" in the world. But people are ultimately the driving force of global change, and people have bodies that are absent from current conversations about globalization. The origin
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Bodies without Borders
Edited by
Erynn Masi de Casanova and Afshan Jafar
BODIES WITHOUT BORDERS
Copyright © Erynn Masi de Casanova and Afshan Jafar, 2013. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-37218-5 All rights reserved. First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-47603-9 ISBN 978-1-137-36538-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137365385 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: December 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For Joaquín, seeker of knowledge E. M. C. For my Jaan, who makes my life possible A. J.
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Contents
Bodies, Borders, and the Other: An Introduction Erynn Masi de Casanova and Afshan Jafar
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1 The Global Martial Circuit and Globalized Bodies Lionel Loh Han Loong
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2 West Indian Immigrant Women, Body Politics, and Cultural Citizenship Kamille Gentles-Peart 3 Don’t You See? (Personal Reflection) Mónica G. Moreno Figueroa
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4 New Femininity, Neoliberalism, and Young Women’s Fashion Blogs in Singapore and Malaysia Joel Gwynne
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5 Fashion of Fear: Securing the Body in an Unequal Global World Barbara Sutton
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6 My Struggle with the Headscarf (Personal Reflection) Nahed Eltantawy 7 The Face Is the Mask: Global Modifications of the Body and Soul (Personal Reflection) Thomas J. D. Armbrecht 8 Images in Skin: Tattooed Performers in Germany in the Twentieth Century and Today Verena Hutter 9 Fragments: Stories of An-Other Life (Personal Reflection) Anisha Gautam
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10 “A Mover la Colita”: Zumba Dance-Fitness in Mexico and Beyond Diana Brenscheidt gen. Jost
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Bibliography
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Notes on Contributors
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Index
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Bodies, Borders, and the Other: An Introduction Erynn Masi de Casanova and Afshan Jafar
Bodies in Transnational Perspective What is the meaning of this book’s title, Bodies without Borders? Human bodies obviously have some physical boundaries that separate them from the world outside, but these boundaries can also have points of entry or exchange connecting the body with this exterior space. Just as virtual reality and new forms of body modification have problematized the boundaries of bodies, empirical studies
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