Editorial: Springer
Colección: Palgrave Studies in Utopianism
Número de páginas: 319 págs.
Fecha de edición: 05-07-2022
EAN: 9783030974855
ISBN: 978-3-030-97485-5
Precio (sin IVA): 134,41 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 139,79 €
This book investigates how desires to transform our bodies can bring utopia to the present, and how utopian practices often lead to distinctly dystopian or anti-utopian outcomes. It is the first comprehensive study to address the paradoxical relationship between bodies and utopianism. Franziska Bork Petersen discusses doping, bodybuilding and cosmetic surgery alongside practices such as retouching the ‘body as image’ on social media, and looks at how fashion modelling and performance ‘estrange’ the body.