Feminism and the Body

Informationen zum Autor Londa Schiebinger is the Professor of the History of Science at Pennsylvania State University. She has won the Ludwik Fleck Book Prize (Society for Social Studies of Science) for her previous publication Nature's Body, and the History of Women in Science Prize (History of Science Society) for her article Why Mammals are Called Mammals. Zusammenfassung Feminism and the Body presents classic texts in feminist body studies. Intended for undergraduate and graduate students, the volume touches on the medical history of sexual differences, the political history of the body, the history of clothing and its cultural meanings, symbolic renderings of the body, male bodies, and the body in colonial and cross-cultural contexts.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Londa Schiebinger, Londa (Edwin E. Sparks Professor Schiebinger, Schiebinger Londa
• Con la collaborazione di: Londa Schiebinger (Editore), Londa (Edwin E. Sparks Professor Schiebinger (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 22.06.2000
• EAN: 9780198731917
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873191-7
• Pagine: 510
• Serie: Oxford Readings in Feminism; Oxford Readings in Feminism
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Altro