The Body's Perilous Pleasures

The Body's Perilous Pleasures
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Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 074860961X
ISBN-13 : 9780748609611
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Book Synopsis The Body's Perilous Pleasures by : Michele Aaron

Download or read book The Body's Perilous Pleasures written by Michele Aaron and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon contemporary film and fiction, The Body's Perilous Pleasures is an investigation of the nature of the body and the manner in which it figures in transvestism, cyborgs and female desire, body piercing, AIDS and reincarnation.


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