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Available
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Publication
VIRAGO PRESS LTD (1999), 256 pages
Description
Testing the boundaries between fear and temptation, Emily Jenkins takes us on a journey from ordinary physical experiences (going to the dentist, putting on stockings) to extreme ones (snorting heroin, head shaving). She interviews people whose bodies are radically different from hers and enters communities where people share unusual ideas about physicality. Her exploration of bodily thrills and paranoia goes from aerobics to acupuncture, strip shows to sensory deprivation.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1998
Physical description
256 p.
ISBN
1860496318 / 9781860496318