Somatechnics

Queering the Technologisation of Bodies

By: Samantha Murray, Nikki Sullivan (Editor)

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Hardcover | 28 September 2009 | Edition Number 1

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266 Pages

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23.4 x 15.6 x 2.3

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Somatechnics highlights the inextricability of the sôma and the techné, of 'the body' and the techniques in and through which bodies are formed and transformed, arguing that techniques are not something we add to or apply to the body, but rather, are the dynamic means in and through which bodies are crafted in relation to others and to a world.Reflective of contemporary poststructuralist understandings of embodiment as the incarnation or materialization of historically and culturally specific discourses and practices, this book contributes a queer analysis of the somatechnologies with which it engages, examining the regulatory mechanisms associated with the formation and transformation of bodies. Structured around the themes of the governance of social bodies, the gendering of sexed bodies and the techniques associated with the formation of the self, Somatechnics presents a groundbreaking study of the modification of bodies, whether of flesh, knowledge or politic.With its contribution to the work of specific theorists, such as Spinoza, Nietzsche, Merleau-Ponty, Deleuze and Guattari, and its investigation of the formation and transformation of embodied being, Somatechnics will appeal to scholars from a range of disciplines, including sociology, cultural and queer studies, and philosophy.

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'The emergence of somatechnics as an exciting new area of study will be celebrated by all those who deploy postconventional theory in the analysis of embodiment. This is a collection rich in provocative and productive ideas brought into conversation by a stellar cast of established and upcoming contributors. It fully illustrates the queer potential of transdisciplinarity.' Margrit Shildrick, Queen's University Belfast, UK 'This thought-provoking volume will leave any reader pondering their own embodied being in the world.' Critical Race and Whiteness Studies

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