A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment(English, Electronic book text, unknown)

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A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment(English, Electronic book text, unknown) is written by unknown and published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1444340468 (ISBN 10) and 9781444340464 (ISBN 13).

A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment offers original essays that examine historical and contemporary approaches to conceptualizations of the body. In this ground-breaking work on the body and embodiment, the latest scholarship from anthropology and related social science fields is presented, providing new insights on body politics and the experience of the body Original chapters cover historical and contemporary approaches and highlight new research frameworks Reflects the increasing importance of embodiment and its ethnographic contexts within anthropology Highlights the increasing emphasis on examining the production of scientific, technological, and medical expertise in studying bodies and embodiment