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Body Battlegrounds : Transgressions, Tensions, and Transformations by Chris Bobel and Samantha Kwan (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Body Battlegrounds : Transgressions, Tensions, and Transformations about?

Body Battlegrounds explores the rich and complex lives of society's body outlawsindividuals from myriad social locations who oppose hegemonic norms, customs, and conventions about the body. Original research chapters (based on textual analysis, qualitative interviews, and participant observation) along with personal narratives provide a window into the everyday lives of people rewriting the norms of embodiment in sites like schools, sporting events, and doctors' offices. Table of Contents Introduction | Chris Bobel and Samantha Kwan Part Going "Natural" Body Hair The Consequences, Reverberations, and Promises of Women Growing Their Leg, Pubic, and Underarm Hair | Breanne Fahs Radical Doulas, Childbirth Activism, and the Politics of Embodiment | Monica Basile Caring for the Embodied Transgression and Transformation in Home Funeral Advocacy | Anne Esacove Living Deconstructing Challenging Medical Advice Following Mastectomy | Joanna Rankin My Ten-Year Dreadlock Why I Love the "Kink" in My Hair . . . Today | Cheryl Thompson Living My Full My Rejecting Weight Loss as an Imperative for Recovery from Binge Eating Disorder | Christina Fisanick Pretty Encounters with My Skin Color | Pravee

Who reads Body Battlegrounds : Transgressions, Tensions, and Transformations?

Author

Chris Bobel and Samantha Kwan (eds.)

Publisher

Vanderbilt University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826522344

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Sociology, Social Sciences