Description
Body Invaders is a critical collection of thematically focused- says dealing with the fate of the body in the postmodern condition. Beginning with a comprehensive and original set of theses on contemporary America ("Panic Sex in America"), Body Invaders also includes key theme sections theorising the fate of the postmodern body from the perspectives of fashion, art, and popular culture. In Body Invaders, the fundamental question is posed: What happens to the (postmodern) body under the double pressure of postmodern technology and culture? What results is a series of creative theorisations of the postmodern body as it vanishes under the sign of fashion (Body Maps), art (Body Writing) popular culture (Body Probes) and reproductive technology (Panic Bodies).ISBN:0920393969
