Bodies in Transition

Dissolving the Boundaries of Embodied Knowledge
2019
ISBN: 978-3-7705-5808-7
Verlag: Fink Wilhelm GmbH + Co.KG

Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, Band 23, 372 Seiten, Franz. Broschur, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 868 g

Reihe: Morphomata

This volume deals with the dissolution of the concept of the ideal body as a repository of knowledge through instances of deformation or hybridization The starting point comprises a series of case studies of less than perfect bodies: bodies that are misshapen, stigmatized, fragmented, as well as hybrid human/animal creatures, transgendered persons, and bodies on the cultural periphery of the classical world. These examples represent deviations from the 'normal' order of things and evoke feelings of alienation. One strategy for dealing with this is to canonize transgression in visual form. Fluid bodies are captured in the image, creating a visual order in disorder. The body-as-ruin is a fixed figure of fluidity and thus receptive to attributions of meaning, which helps explain its persistence as a cultural trope. It allows for the observation of cultural change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boschung, Dietrich

Shapiro, Alan

Waschek, Frank

Wascheck, Frank

Weitere Mitwirkende

Shapiro, Alan

Barbanera, Marcello

Bremmer, Jan N.

Alexandridis, Annetta

Lissarrague, Francois

Varner, Eric R.

Tsiafaki, Despoina

Bernsdorff, Hans

Dasen, Véronique

Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd

King, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte