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

Other author Siebers, Tobin.
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2000.
Description245 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Human body--Social aspects.
Human body--Symbolic aspects.
Body image.
Body marking.
Body art.

SeriesRatio
Ratio.
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 noteLittle-325589--305131026600R
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 00039229
ISBN047211123X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0472086731 (pbk.)

Availability

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