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Living the body : embodiment, womanhood and identity in contemporary India /
This book explores the development of a sociology of embodiment in the context of women's lives in contemporary, urban India. Through a critical analysis of gender and class, the author unravels the complexities that are intrinsic to the multi-layered and fluid construction of woman's iden...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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New Delhi, India : Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications India ; SAGE,
c2009.
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| Online Zugang: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0828/2008039698.html |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction: An engagement with the sociology of embodiment
- Embodiment, identity and womanhood
- Cultures of adolescence
- Embodiment and womanhood in Femina
- The body in the mirror : embodiment, violence and identity
- The body as a weapon : embodiment, work and identity
- Aporiai of resistance.