Thinking Through the Skin

by Jackie Stacey and Sara Ahmed

Book Overview

This exciting collection of work from leading feminist scholars including Elspeth Probyn, Penelope Deutscher and Chantal Nadeau engages with and extends the growing feminist literature on lived and imagined embodiment and argues for consideration of the skin as a site where bodies take form - already written upon but open to endless re-inscription.

Individual chapters consider such issues as the significance of piercing, tattooing and tanning,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415223563
• ISBN13: 9780415223560
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"