Chosen Body - The Politics of the Body in Israeli Society

Zusatztext " The Chosen Body is thought-provoking and has far-reaching importance and relevance for all students of human behavior." Informationen zum Autor Meira Weiss is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Klappentext "The Chosen Body demonstrates that passionate scholarship is not an oxymoron . . . . [This] is a great ethnography of how societies shape bodies, but its importance as a work of moral testimony may be even greater."--Canadian Journal of Sociology Online "The Chosen Body is thought-provoking and has far-reaching importance and relevance for all students of human behavior."--The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Zusammenfassung This book examines how the social and cultural paradigms of contemporary Israel are articulated through the body, constructing a panoramic view of how the Israeli body is chosen, regulated, cared for, and ultimately made perfect.

Product details

• Authors: Weiss Meira, Ann Weiss, Meira Weiss
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2004
• EAN: 9780804750806
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5080-6
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Contraversions Jews and Other; Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences; Contraversions: Jews and Other; Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries