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Deviant Bodies

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Presents an argument that bodies are knowable only through culture and history; they are not in any simple way natural, nor free of relations of power. This book traces the construction of particular deviant bodies, including the homosexual body, the HIV-infected body, the infertile body, the deaf body, the colonized body, and the criminal body.

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Deviant Bodies, Indiana University Press

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1995
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Title
Deviant Bodies
Language
English
Released
1995
Format
Paperback
Pages
424
ISBN10
0253209757
ISBN13
9780253209757
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Presents an argument that bodies are knowable only through culture and history; they are not in any simple way natural, nor free of relations of power. This book traces the construction of particular deviant bodies, including the homosexual body, the HIV-infected body, the infertile body, the deaf body, the colonized body, and the criminal body.