Title

Review: 'Body Aesthetics'

Author(s)

Aili W. Bresnahan (0000-0002-6698-1927), University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

12-1-2017

Publication Source

British Journal of Aesthetics

Abstract

This is a book review of Sherri Irvin's edited book Body Aesthetics, a collection of 16 essays exploring a wide range of perspectives on the human body and how it is embodied, lived, viewed, perceived, and constructed by ourselves and by others in both positive and harmful ways. The book’s contributors include philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists, and artists, as well as scholars who focus on law, culture, and Africana, race, gender, sexuality, and disability studies.

Inclusive pages

352-354

ISBN/ISSN

0007-0904

Document Version

Postprint

Comments

The document available for download following the publisher's required embargo is the author's accepted manuscript, provided in compliance with the publisher's policy on self-archiving. Permission documentation is on file.

Citation information for the book reviewed: Body Aesthetics, Sherri Irvin, ed. London: Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN: 9780198716778

Copyright

Copyright © 2017, Oxford University Press

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Volume

58

eCommons Citation

Bresnahan, Aili W., "Review: 'Body Aesthetics'" (2017). Philosophy Faculty Publications. 176.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/phl_fac_pub/176