Bodies We Fail :: Productive Embodiments of Imperfection /

This book explores the productive effects of bodily 'failure' in the sphere of visuality. The aim is to reflect on the human body's constant exposure to visual constraints and distortions, which are incorporated so strongly in everyday images of our bodies that they become invisible,...

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1. Verfasser: Sturm, Jules (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, 2014.
Schriftenreihe:Culture & theory.
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Zusammenfassung:This book explores the productive effects of bodily 'failure' in the sphere of visuality. The aim is to reflect on the human body's constant exposure to visual constraints and distortions, which are incorporated so strongly in everyday images of our bodies that they become invisible, while yet representative of cultural norms. By analyzing artistic literary and visual representations of imperfect, disabled, aging, queer, and monstrous bodies, this project exposes the "handicaps" of normative vision and opens up new ways of recognizing a multitude of corporeal existences and practices outside the norm.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783839426098
383942609X
1322008140
9781322008141
3837626091
9783837626094

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