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Beyond the Body Proper: Reading the Anthropology of Material Life - Body, Commodity, Text
Margaret Lock
Beyond the Body Proper: Reading the Anthropology of Material Life - Body, Commodity, Text
Margaret Lock
Includes nine sections organized around themes such as everyday life, sex and gender, and science. This title features articles and book excerpts focused on bodies using tools and participating in rituals, on bodies walking and eating, and on the female circumcision controversy, as well as pieces on medical classifications, and spirit possession.
688 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 13, 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9780822338451 |
Publishers | Duke University Press |
Pages | 277 |
Dimensions | 163 × 233 × 93 mm · 982 g |
Editor | Farquhar, Judith |
Editor | Lock, Margaret |