Leaky Bodies and Boundaries

Drawing on postmodernist analyses, Leaky Bodies and Boundaries presents a feminist investigation into the marginalization of women within western discourse that

Drawing on postmodernist analyses, Leaky Bodies and Boundaries presents a feminist investigation into the marginalization of women within western discourse that

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

'Simon Williams has produced an original and comprehensive sociological statement of the centrality of the body to an understanding of medicine, health and illn

Mass Hysteria examines the medical and cultural practices surrounding pregnancy, new motherhood, and infant feeding. Late eighteenth century transformations in

This fascinating collection explores the growing range of body modification practices such as piercing, tattooing, branding, cutting and inserting implants, whi

The Human Embryo in vitro explores the ways in which UK law engages with embryonic processes under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended),

The regulation of the body provides an important concern in law, medical practice and culture. This volume contributes to existing research in the area by encou

This is one of the first books to introduce students to the key concepts and debates surrounding the relationship between bodily boundaries, abject materiality

An examination of ethical challenges that technology presents to the allegedly sacrosanct idea of the human and a proposal for a new ethics of life rooted in th