Embodiment and Experience: The Existential Ground of Culture and Self

Students of culture have been increasingly concerned with the ways in which cultural values are inscribed on the body. The unifying theme of these essays is that the body is at once a fount of symbols and the instrument of experience. This more complex and dynamic view is applied by the contributors to a variety of topics, including dietary customs, the expression of emotion, the experience of pain, and political violence. Their purpose is to contribute to a phenomenological theory of culture and self.

Author: Thomas J. Csordas
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/27/1995
Pages: 308
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.98w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780521458900

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