| Bodies We Fail: Productive Embodiments of Imperfection Contributor(s): Sturm, Jules (Author) |
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ISBN: 3837626091 ISBN-13: 9783837626094 Publisher: Transcript Publishing OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Art | Criticism & Theory - Art | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Dewey: 704.942 |
| Series: Culture & Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" (0.70 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Physically Challenged - Sex & Gender - Gay |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the productive effects of bodily "failure" in the sphere of visuality. The aim is to reflect on the human body's constant exposure to visual constraints and distortions, which are incorporated so strongly in everyday images of our bodies that they become invisible, while yet representative of cultural norms. By analyzing artistic literary and visual representations of imperfect, disabled, aging, queer, and monstrous bodies, this project exposes the handicaps of normative vision and opens up new ways of recognizing a multitude of corporeal existences and practices outside the norm. |
