Intact : a defence of the unmodified body
Chambers, Clare, 1976-2022
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Clare Chambers argues that the unmodified body is a key principle of equality. While defending the right of anyone to change their bodies, she argues that the social pressure to modify sends a powerful message: you are not good enough. The body becomes a site of political importance: a place where inequalities of sex, gender, race, disability, age, and class are reinforced. Through a clear-sighted analysis of the power dynamics that structure our society, and with examples ranging widely from body-building to breast implants, makeup to male circumcision, 'Intact' stresses that we must break away from the oppressive forces that demand we alter our bodies. Instead, it offers a vision of the human body that is equal without expectation: an unmodified body that is not an image of perfection or a goal to be attained, but a valued end in itself.
Main title:
Intact : a defence of the unmodified body / Clare Chambers.
Author:
Chambers, Clare, 1976-, author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2022.
Collation:
256 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780241439043 (hbk)
Dewey class:
306.4613306.461
LC class:
BF697.5.B63
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3027756