Del 24 i serien Literary & Cultural Theory
Body Wall
Somatics of Travelling and Discursive Practices
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
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Contemporary materialism, in its varied configurations, persistently challenges claims that the body can be relegated to a subservient position when compared to reason. In most pertinent colonial and postcolonial studies the body is seen as a text, upon and by means of which signs of difference are instituted. Yet, to be able to test and appreciate to what extent the postcolonial body was and remains today a battleground for discursive control, it is helpful to start with the awareness of the somatics of the traveller himself – his agreement to and with his own person or lack thereof vis-à-vis other bodies, his translation of the somatic into the semantic. The traveller’s body, when rendered in writing, becomes a symbolic construct which enters into a relation with the represented world, and the nature of this multifaceted, troubled alliance – if alliance it is – forms the main theme of this book.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2006-01-30
- Mått148 x 210 x 11 mm
- Vikt230 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieLiterary & Cultural Theory
- Antal sidor166
- Upplaga6001
- FörlagPeter Lang AG
- ISBN9783631545348