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Modified Bodies, Material Selves
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- Book Synopsis
- A comparative analysis of body politics, selfhood, and the pursuit of consumer-based agencyThin body, white skin, and big eyes. Such beauty ideals are ubiquitous across Shanghai, where salons and weight-loss clinics offering an array of products and treatment options beckon city dwellers with promises of a "better life." Set against the backdrop of China's post-reform era, Modified Bodies, Material Selves compares the radically different attitudes of middle-class Chinese and Western women living in Shanghai toward the pursuit of beauty. Through comparative ethnography, anthropologist Julie E. Starr parses how experiences of bodies and embodied identities, and the politics ascribed to them, are culturally produced for both groups of women. With a focus on the ways in which late capitalism interacts with different bodies, Starr joins an ongoing conversation about the impact of recent economic reforms on social life in China. Bringing together theories of embodiment, the politics of appearance, and the bodily nature of selfhood in the twenty-first century, Modified Bodies, Material Selves contributes fresh insights to current debates in anthropology, women's and gender studies, and East Asian studies.
- About The Author
- Julie E. Starr is assistant professor of anthropology at Hamilton College. She received her PhD in anthropology from the University of Virginia in 2016 (following MAs in both Chinese and anthropology). This is her first book.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780295751764
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press, (25 July 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 228
- Weight
- 342 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 13 mm
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