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9780813318417

Body Politics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813318417

  • ISBN10:

    0813318416

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1993-12-01
  • Publisher: Westview Pr
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Table of Contents

Introductionp. XI
Deaseswar, & Thefamilyp. 1
The Politics of the """"Gay Plague"""": AIDS as a U.S. Ideologyp. 3
Fatal Abstraction: The Death and Sinister Afterlife of the American Familyp. 18
Not in Our Name: Women, War, AIDSp. 32
The Meaning of Property: Real Estate, Class Position, and the Ideology of Home Ownershipp. 45
Homelessness and Poststructuralist Theoryp. 72
Orphans' Dreams Panic Warsand the Postmodernp. 76
Prefacep. 76
Drugshysteriapainp. 95
A Short HIStory ofthe Parasite Cafep. 97
James Bond and Immanuel Kant's War on Drugs: A Nosography and Nosegrammatics of Male Hysteriap. 104
Alpha Bet City: The Politics of Pharmacologyp. 115
The Broken Self: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Native American Selfhoodp. 126
politicalbodiesp. 137
George Bush, or Homosocial Politicsp. 139
Postmortem on the Presidential Body, or Where the Rest of Him Wentp. 155
tortureknowledge& The Statep. 173
Subjected Bodies, Science, and the State: Francis Bacon, Torturerp. 175
Body Memories: Aide-Memoires and Collective Amnesia in the Wake of the Argentine Terrorp. 192
The Official Story: Response to Julie Taylorp. 204
The Electronic Bodyat the End of the State Ethnicity, National Identity, andthe Japanese Emperor Systemp. 209
Toni Negri's Practical Philosophyp. 225
The Physiology of Counter-Power When Socialism Is Impossibleand Communism So Nearp. 229
Possible Worlds An Interview with Donna Harawayp. 241
Frankenstein's Dream: Constitutional Revision and Social Design, or How to Build a Body Politicp. 251
About the Book and Editorsp. 279
Indexp. 281
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