Talking Bodies Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Embodiment, Gender
In this collection leading thinkers, writers, and activists offer their responses to the simple question “do I have a body, or am I my body?”. The essays engage with the array of meanings that our bodies have today, ranging from considerations of nineteen
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Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Embodiment, Gender and Identity
Talking Bodies
Emma Rees Editor
Talking Bodies Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Embodiment, Gender and Identity
Editor Emma Rees Institute of Gender Studies University of Chester Chester, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-63777-8 ISBN 978-3-319-63778-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-63778-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017948251 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover design by Fatima Jamadar Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
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Varieties of Embodiment and ‘Corporeal Style’ 1 Emma Rees
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Edith Wharton: An Heiress to Gay Male Sexual Radicalism? 17 Naomi Wolf
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Losing Face Among the Natives: ‘Something About Tattooing and Tabooing’ in Melville’s Typee 35 Graham Atkin
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What the Body Tells Us: Transgender Strategies, Beauty, and Self-consciousness 55 Marzia Mauriello
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Tattoos: An Embodiment of Desire 75 Nina Nyman
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Learning Womanhood: Body Modification, Girls and Identity 95 Abigail Tazzyman
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The Construction of a Personal Norm of Physical and Psychological ‘Well-Being’ in Female Discourse 115 Maria Krebber
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No Body, No Crime? (Representations of) Sexual Violence Online 137 Jemma Tosh
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Heteronormativity as a Painful Script: How Women with Vulvar Pain (re)Negotiate Sexual Practice 163 Renita Sörensdotter
10 Queer Wounds: Writing Autobiography Past the Limits of Language 183 Quinn Eades 11 The Trouble with Body Image: The Need for a Better Corporeal Vocabulary 203 Melisa Trujillo Index 227
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