In recent years questions concerning the body and its place in postmoderndiscourses have taken center stage in academic disciplines. Body Politics joinsthese di... » 

In recent years questions concerning the body and its place in postmoderndiscourses have taken center stage in academic disciplines. Body Politics joinsthese discussions by focusing on the challenges women face when theirexternally defined identities and representations as bodies their bodyfictions speak louder than what they know to be their true selves. Asobjects of interpretation female bodies in search of health care legalassistance professional respect identity confirmation and financial securitymust first confront their fictionalized doubles in a collision that in manycases ends in disappointment distress and even suicide.The contributors reflect on womens daytoday lives and the culturalproductions literature MTV film etc. that give body fictions their powerand influence. By exploring how these fictions are manipulated politicallyexpressively and communally they offer reinterpretations that challenge thefictional double while theorizing the discursive and performative forms ittakes. «