| Bodies of Meaning: Studies on Language, Labor, and Liberation Contributor(s): McNally, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791447367 ISBN-13: 9780791447369 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: Bodies of Meaning presents a vigorous challenge to postmodernist theories of language and politics which detach language from human bodies and their material practices. Beginning with the 'historical bodies' theorized by Marx, Darwin, and Freud, McNally develops an alternative account of language which draws on the work of Mikhail Bakhtin and Walter Benjamin and recent contributions to materialist femimism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 306.4 |
| LCCN: 00027106 |
| Series: Suny Radical Social and Political Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.83" W x 8.91" (0.87 lbs) 277 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Bodies of Meaning presents a vigorous challenge to postmodernist theories of language and politics which detach language from human bodies and their material practices. Beginning with the 'historical bodies' theorized by Marx, Darwin, and Freud, McNally develops an alternative account of language which draws on the work of Mikhail Bakhtin and Walter Benjamin and recent contributions to materialist feminism. In bringing the body back into language, this book makes a major contribution to current debates in social and political theory. |