Body and Nation interrogates the connections among the body, the nation, and the world in twentieth-century U.S. history. The idea that bodies and bodily characteristics are heavily freighted with values that are often linked to political and social spheres remains underdeveloped in the histories of America's relations with the rest of the world. Attentive to diverse state and nonstate actors, the contributors provide historically grounded insights into the transnational dimensions of biopolitics. Their subjects range from the regulation of prostitution in the Philippines by the U.S. Army to Cold War ideals of American feminine beauty, and from body counts as metrics of military success to cultural representations of Mexican migrants in the United States as public health threats. By considering bodies as complex, fluctuating, and interrelated sites of meaning, the contributors to this collection offer new insights into the workings of both soft and hard power. Contributors. Frank Costigliola, Janet M. Davis, Shanon Fitzpatrick, Paul A. Kramer, Shirley Jennifer Lim, Mary Ting Yi Lui, Natalia Molina, Brenda Gayle Plummer, Emily S. Rosenberg, Kristina Shull, Annessa C. Stagner, Marilyn B. Young
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-13
9780822356752
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209019888
Product Key Features
Author
Emily S. Rosenberg, Shanon Fitzpatrick
Publication Name
Body and Nation: the Global Realm of U.S. Body Politics in the Twentieth Century
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
467g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
American Encounters/Global Interactions
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Emily S. Rosenberg, Shanon Fitzpatrick
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