Intact

A Defence of the Unmodified Body

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<p><b>'A must-read for psychotherapists, doctors and everyone else who enjoys connecting ideas' Philippa Perry</b><br><br><b>'Compassionate and challenging, warmly human and coolly rigorous. . . I am now thinking afresh about how I live in my own body, in a world where, as Clare Chambers argues, nobody's body is ever allowed to be good enough, just as it is' Timandra Harkness</b><br><br><b><i>What would it take for your body to be good enough?</i></b><br><br>The pressure to change our bodies is overwhelming. We strive to defy ageing, build our biceps, cure our disabilities, conceal our quirks. Surrounded by filtered photos and surgically-enhanced features, we must contort our physical selves to prejudiced standards of beauty. Perfection is impossible, and even an acceptable body seems out of reach.<br><br>In this mind-expanding book, Cambridge philosopher Clare Chambers argues that the unmodified body is a key political principle. While defending our right to change our bodies, she argues that the social pressures to modify undermine equality. She shows how the connected ideas of the <i>natural</i> body, the <i>normal</i> body, and the <i>whole</i> body have been used both to disrupt and to maintain social hierarchies - sometimes oppressing, other times liberating. The body becomes a site of political importance: a place where hierarchies of sex, gender, race, disability, age, and class are reinforced.<br><br> Through a thought-provoking analysis of the power dynamics that structure our society, and with examples ranging widely from bodybuilding to breast implants, deafness to male circumcision, <i>Intact</i> stresses that we must break away from the oppressive forces that demand we alter our bodies. Instead, it offers a bold, transformative vision of the human body that is equal without expectation.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780141992501

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 129 x 29 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)