The body of nature and culture

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The body of nature and culture

Rod Giblett

Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

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Includes bibliographical references ( p. 191-202) and index

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Description

This book explores the relationship of human bodies with natural and cultural environments, arguing that these categories are linked and intertwined. It argues for an environmentally sustainable and healthy relationship between the body and the earth.

Table of Contents

Where Land and Body Meet: Body Culture and Nature Machine Body of Modern Western Medicine Battlefield Body in Illness Narratives Grotesque Body of the Lower Strata Monstrous Body of the Slimy Depths Fascist Body of the War-machine Writing on the Surface of the Textual Body Sporting Body Imprisoned in the Time-machine Cyborg: The Body-machine of the Civilian-soldier Taoist Body of the Earth Healthy Land, Healthy Body: State of the Environment, State of Health

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