Immaterial Bodies: Affect, Embodiment, Mediation

by Lisa Blackman

Book Overview

How might we understand entanglements of the mind, brain, body and world? And how can we develop creative forms of experimentation to enact these entanglements? In this unique contribution, Blackman focuses upon the affective capacities of bodies, human and non-human as well as addressing the challenges of the affective turn within social sciences. Fresh and convincing, this book uncovers the paradoxes and tensions in work in affect studies by focusing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849204721
• ISBN13: 9781849204729
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.5"