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THE HUMAN BODY IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURES IN E...

The human body is a recurrent theme in contemporary literatures in English. The aim of this
collection of essays is to explore its multiple representations and functions within a wide
range of texts drawn together from various Anglophone cultures. For thematic coherence  this
volume is divided into four parts: Diseased Bodies  Invented Bodies  Gendered and Transgender
Bodies  and Fragmented and Mutilated Bodies. By adopting multi-disciplinary perspectives  each
group of essays illustrates the different ways in which these become multiply signifying sites
of cultural and political representation  whether the mode is realistic or daringly speculative
and fantastic  as in the case of genetically designed bodies  monstrous and machine bodies.
This book contributes to understanding the body as a culture-specific construct.

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