Bodies in Transition

In cultural studies, "body" and "knowledge" intersect. Social practices implicate orders of knowledge and at the same time they shape human bodies, which in turn endow abstract concepts with a concrete form. Seemingly stable bodies are by their very nature frequently unstable forms, as there are deformations, disfigurements, stigmatization, fragmentation or the hybridity to composite beings and transgender persons. The transgression of established boundaries can lead to confusion or terror. The embodied knowledge is thereby short-circuited, turning order to chaos. One way of bringing transgressive bodies under control is through the visual fixation of the transition. The image brings order into the chaos. The contributions in this volume explore in interdisciplinary dialogues how forms of knowledge can be embodied in a concrete form that one can perceive with the senses. In addition, these articles investigate what happens after such concrete forms have been created: what powers accrue to them and how they in turn impact the ideas that they represent.

Year

2015

Language

English

Publisher

Fink Wilhelm GmbH + Co.KG

Editions

1

Pages

354

ISBN

9783770558087

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