The body aesthetic : from fine art to body modification

The body aesthetic : from fine art to body modification / edited by Tobin Siebers.

Other author/creator	Siebers, Tobin.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2000.
Description	245 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Human body--Social aspects. Human body--Symbolic aspects. Body image. Body marking. Body art.

Series	Ratio Ratio. ^A307967
Contents	Introduction : Defining the body aesthetic / Tobin Siebers -- Postcards to Sophie Calle / Joseph Grigely -- Viewing and the viewer : empire and the culture of spectacle / Simon Goldhill -- Representing girls : modernity, cultural anxiety, and the imaginary / Richard Leppert -- Where "sleeps" are a measure of miles : physical conceptions of space and time in Inuit art / Marion Jackson -- The bride wore trousers : the life and photographs of Isabelle Raymond / Cynthia S. Greig -- The body sacrificial / Eric Gans -- Hunger artists : eating disorders and mimetic desire / René Girard -- Imagined ugliness : a history of the psychiatric response to aesthetic surgery / Sander L. Gilman -- The new art / Tobin Siebers.
Local note	Little-325589--305131026600R
Local note	Little-325589--305131026600R
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	00039229
ISBN	047211123X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0472086731 (pbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	GN298 .B6 2000	✔ Available	Place Hold