Examines how embodiment is conceived and experienced in South Asian religions. Refiguring the Body provides a sustained interrogation of categories and models o

Refiguring the Body provides a sustained interrogation of categories and models of the body grounded in the distinctive idioms of South Asian religions, particu

"Volatile Bodies demonstrates that the sexually specific body is socially constructed: biology or nature is inherently social and has no pure or natural 'origin

How mundane experience plays a striking role in daily existence

The body has become an increasingly significant concept in recent years and this Reader offers a stimulating overview of the main topics, perspectives and theor