The Future of Flesh: A Cultural Survey of the BodyEncompassing some of the most recent academic research on mainstream issues of body image, weight and representation of the body, this collection addresses the body in areas such as ancient Greek poetry, new media art, comic book culture and biotechnology. |
Contents
| 8 | |
Mortal and Immortal Bodies | 17 |
The Dead and Dying Body from Hume to Now | 43 |
Langscapes of Death Inscapes of Memory | 60 |
Clinical and Cultural ILLogics of | 79 |
Chuck Palahniuk and the Violence of Beauty | 101 |
Ideal Grotesqueness | 132 |
New Flesh and Life in New Media Art | 155 |
White Heterosexual Masculinity | 181 |
Speculations | 199 |
The Human Contract with | 220 |
Metalflesh | 241 |
Contributors 263 | 262 |
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The Future of Flesh: A Cultural Survey of the Body K. Kitsi-Mitakou,Z. Detsi-Diamanti No preview available - 2009 |
The Future of Flesh: A Cultural Survey of the Body K. Kitsi-Mitakou,Z. Detsi-Diamanti No preview available - 2009 |
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