Transforming Bodies - Gendered Stories of Embodied Change

Transforming Bodies: Gendered Stories of Embodied Change explores the ways that bodies transform and change, and how these changes relate to gender, race, age, dis/ability, activism, performance, and beyond. It is an engaging book for both students and scholars, as well as those outside of academia.

List of contents

1. Bodies 2. Intersections 3. Shapes 4. Ages and Dis/Abilities 5. Names 6. Performances 7. Bodies Transform

About the author

Victoria Kannen is a Professor of Sociology at Cambrian College in Ontario, Canada. She is the author of Gendered Bodies and Public Scrutiny: Women's Stories of Staring, Strangers, and Fierce Resistance (2021). She is also the co-editor of Virtual Identities and Digital Culture (2023).

Summary

Transforming Bodies: Gendered Stories of Embodied Change explores the ways that bodies transform and change, and how these changes relate to gender, race, age, dis/ability, activism, performance, and beyond. It is an engaging book for both students and scholars, as well as those outside of academia.

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Kannen, Victoria (Laurentian University Kannen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032460949
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3246094-9
• No. of pages: 122
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Gender studies, gender groups, transition;gender;disability;performance;activism;race