Thinking through the skin. Ahmed, S. & Stacey, J. Routledge, New York, N.Y., 2001.
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This exciting collection of work from leading feminist scholars including Elspeth Probyn, Penelope Deutscher and Chantal Nadeau engages with and extends the growing feminist literature on lived and imagined embodiment and argues for consideration of the skin as a site where bodies take form - already written upon but open to endless re-inscription.Individual chapters consider such issues as the significance of piercing, tattooing and tanning, the assault of self harm upon the skin, the relation between body painting and the land among the indigenous people of Australia and the cultural
@book{ahmed_thinking_2001,
	address = {New York, N.Y.},
	series = {Transformations},
	title = {Thinking through the skin},
	isbn = {978-1-134-59398-9},
	abstract = {This exciting collection of work from leading feminist scholars including Elspeth Probyn, Penelope Deutscher and Chantal Nadeau engages with and extends the growing feminist literature on lived and imagined embodiment and argues for consideration of the skin as a site where bodies take form - already written upon but open to endless re-inscription.Individual chapters consider such issues as the significance of piercing, tattooing and tanning, the assault of self harm upon the skin, the relation between body painting and the land among the indigenous people of Australia and the cultural},
	language = {eng},
	publisher = {Routledge},
	author = {Ahmed, Sara and Stacey, Jackie},
	year = {2001},
	keywords = {Skin, Social aspects; Feminist theory, Social aspects; Human body},
}

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