The Future of Flesh: A Cultural Survey of the Body

Encompassing some of the most recent academic research on mainstream issues of body image, weight and representation of the body, this collection addresses the body in areas such as ancient Greek poetry, new media art, comic book culture and biotechnology

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The Future of Flesh

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Edited by Zoe Detsi-Diamanti, Katerina Kitsi-Mitakou, and

Effie Yiannopoulou

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T h e F u t u r e of F l esh: A C u lt u r a l Su rv e y of t h e Body

THE FUTURE OF FLESH: A CULTURAL SURVEY OF THE BODY

Copyright © Zoe Detsi-Diamanti, Katerina Kitsi-Mitakou, and Effie Yiannopoulou, 2009. All rights reserved. First published in 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

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For Tereza, Konstantinos, Maria Anna, Katerina, and Christina, with all our Love

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List of Figures

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Acknowledgments

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1. Toward the Futures of Flesh: An Introduction Zoe Detsi-Diamanti, Katerina Kitsi-Mitakou, Effie Yiannopoulou

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Part I

Disintegrating Bodies

2. The Past of Flesh: M