UID:
almafu_9959231949702883
Format:
1 online resource (270 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8135-5541-8
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1-282-56245-2
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9786612562457
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0-8135-4926-4
Content:
Born and raised in Argentina and still maintaining significant ties to the area, Barbara Sutton examines the complex, and often hidden, bodily worlds of diverse women in that country during a period of profound social upheaval. Based primarily on women's experiential narratives and set against the backdrop of a severe economic crisis and intensified social movement activism post-2001, Bodies in Crisis illuminates how multiple forms of injustice converge in and are contested through women's bodies. Sutton reveals the bodily scars of neoliberal globalization; women's negotiation of cultural norms of femininity and beauty; experiences with clandestine, illegal, and unsafe abortions; exposure to and resistance against interpersonal and structural violence; and the role of bodies as tools and vehicles of political action. Through the lens of women's body consciousness in a Global South country, and drawing on multifaceted stories and a politically embedded approach, Bodies in Crisis suggests that social policy, economic systems, cultural ideologies, and political resistance are ultimately fleshly matters.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Bodies in crisis : an introduction -- Bodily scars of neoliberal globalization -- Beautiful bodies : femininity, appearance, and embodiment -- More than reproductive uteruses : maternal bodies and abortion -- Embattled bodies : violence against women -- Bodies in protest : poner el cuerpo -- Conclusion: Embodiment, glocalities, and resistance.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8135-4739-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813543798
Language:
English
DOI:
10.36019/9780813555416
