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Missing bodies : the politics of visibility /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Casper, Monica J., 1966-
Other Authors: Moore, Lisa Jean, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2009]
Series:Biopolitics (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Human body (Philosophy)
Body image.
Mortality.
Masculinity.
Equality.
Table of Contents:
  • The bodies we see, and some that are not here
  • Seen but not heard : consequences of innocence lost
  • Calculated losses : taking the measure of infant mortality
  • Biodisaster : "the greatest weapon of mass destruction on earth"
  • Fluid matters : human biomonitoring as gendered surveillance
  • "They used me" : manufacturing heroes in wartime
  • It takes balls : Lance Armstrong and the triumph of American masculinity
  • Excavations.