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Living the body : embodiment, womanhood and identity in contemporary India /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thapan, Meenakshi
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi, India : Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications India ; SAGE, 2009.
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Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0828/2008039698.html
Table of Contents:
  • 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.