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The Body of Nature and Culture

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  • © 2008

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  1. Rod Giblett

    1. Edith Cowan University, Australia

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Where Land and Body Meet: Body Culture and Nature

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    Pages 1-18

  3. Machine Body of Modern Western Medicine

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    Pages 19-36

  4. Battlefield Body of Illness Narratives

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    Pages 37-55

  5. Grotesque Body of the Lower Strata

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    Pages 56-73

  6. Monstrous Body of the Slimy Depths

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    Pages 74-89

  7. Fascist Body of the War-Machine

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    Pages 90-107

  8. Writing on the Surface of the Textual Body

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    Pages 108-124

  9. Sporting Body Imprisoned in the Time-Machine

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    Pages 125-139

  10. Cyborg: The Body-Machine of the Civilian-Soldier

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    Pages 140-156

  11. Taoist Body of the Earth

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    Pages 157-172

  12. Healthy Land, Healthy Body: State of the Environment, State of Health

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    Pages 173-190

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 191-204
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This book explores the relationship of human bodies with natural and cultural environments, arguing that these categories are linked and intertwined. It argues for an environmentally sustainable and healthy relationship between the body and the earth.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Edith Cowan University, Australia

    Rod Giblett

About the author

ROD GIBLETT is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, School of Communications and Contemporary Arts, Edith Cowan University, Australia. He is the author of Postmodern Wetlands: Culture, History, Ecology; Living with the Earth: Mastery to Mutuality; Forrestdale: People and Place; Health Recovery: The Taoist Tai Chi™ Way and Sublime Communication Technologies.

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