The Desirable Body by Jon Stratton
From the mid-19th century onwards, the construction and representation of the body has deeply influenced the development of capitalist economies. Through an analysis of literature, art and film, this study reveals how the ideologies of state power and gender politics become literally embodied.
Jon Stratton is Professor of Cultural Studies at Curtin University, Australia. Jon has published widely in Cultural Studies, Popular Music Studies, Jewish Studies, Australian Studies and on race and multiculturalism. His most recent books are Jews, Race and Popular Music (Ashgate, 2009), Britpop and the English Music Tradition, co-edited with Andy Bennett (Ashgate, 2010), Uncertain Lives: Culture, Race and Neoliberalism in Australia (2011) and When Music Migrates: Crossing British and European Racial Faultlines 1945-2010 (Ashgate, 2014). Nabeel Zuberi is Senior Lecturer in Media, Film and Television at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is the author of Sounds English: Transnational Popular Music (2001), and co-editor (with Luke Goode) of Media Studies in Aotearoa / New Zealand 1 & 2 (2004 & 2010). His articles and book chapters have dealt mainly with the intersections of music and media technologies, race, ethnicity and diaspora. He is currently working on the Muslim in recent British and American music. He is editor-in-chief of Popular Communication: International Journal of Media and Culture.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719047015 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719047013 |
| Title | The Desirable Body |
| Author | Jon Stratton |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press |
| Year published | 1996-07-25 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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