Within both feminist theory and popular culture, establishing similarities between embodied practices rooted in different cultural and geo-political contexts (e

This book examines how cross-cultural comparisons of embodied practices function as a rhetorical device - with particular theoretical, social and political effe

In this volume, Anne Phillips firmly rejects the notion that 'culture' might justify the oppression of women, but also queries the stereotypical binaries that h

This book focuses on the significance of the body in contemporary feminist scholarship. In recent years, the body has become a `hot item' in both contemporary s

Using various psychological theories, this book examines women's complex relations with their bodies and how attitudes toward the body affect women's sense of s