Chambers, Clare
Intact: A Defence of the Unmodified Body
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141992501
- author:
- Chambers, Clare
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 432
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 13 x 2.5 centimetres (0.2
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Philosophy, Political,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The unmodified body is a key political principle. Cambridge philosopher Clare Chambers argues that our right to change our bodies is often used to undermine equality. She contends that social pressures to modify our physical selves reinforce hierarchies of sex, gender, race, disability, age, and class. Chambers explores how the connected ideas of the natural body, the normal body, and the whole body have been used both to disrupt and maintain social hierarchies. Through a thought-provoking analysis of power dynamics that structure our society, she examines examples ranging from bodybuilding to breast implants, deafness to male circumcision. In Intact, Chambers offers a bold vision of the human body as equal without expectation. This book is a thought-provoking exploration of the complex relationships between the body and society.
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