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What can the past tell us about the future(s) of the body? The origins of this collection of papers lie in the work of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities which has been involved in presenting a series of international workshops and conferences on the theme of the cultural life of the body. Th...

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Weitere Verfasser: Janes, Dominic
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2007.
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Zusammenfassung:What can the past tell us about the future(s) of the body? The origins of this collection of papers lie in the work of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities which has been involved in presenting a series of international workshops and conferences on the theme of the cultural life of the body. The rationale for these events was that, in concepts as diverse as the cyborg, the questioning of mind/body dualism, the contemporary image of the suicide bomber and the patenting of human genes, we ...
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vi, 274 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781443846301
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