The politics of the body is often highly contested, culturally specific, and controlled, and this book calls our attention to how bodies are included or exclude

In the bestselling tradition of The Interestings and A Little Life, this “cleverly constructed and emotionally compelling” (Jenny Offill, Dept. of Speculati

Body Politics in Development sets out to define body politics as a key political and mobilizing force for human rights in the last two decades. This passionate

This book rethinks the body in global politics and the particular roles bodies play in our international system, foregrounding processes and practices involved

"Christine de Pizan's Body Politic (1406-1407) is the first political treatise to have been written not just by a woman, but by a woman capable of holding her o