Screen LibraryThe brain's body : neuroscience and corporeal politics /
Pitts-Taylor applies feminist and critical theory to recent developments in neuroscience and new materialist social thought to demonstrate how the brain interacts with and is impacted by power, social structures, and inequality.
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Duke University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Durham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Pitts-Taylor applies feminist and critical theory to recent developments in neuroscience and new materialist social thought to demonstrate how the brain interacts with and is impacted by power, social structures, and inequality. |
| Carrier Form: | x, 181 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-176) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780822361268 0822361264 9780822361077 0822361078 9780822374374 0822374374 |
| Index Number: | RC343 |
| CLC: | Q189-05 |
| Call Number: | Q189-05/P692 |
| Contents: | The phenomenon of brain plasticity -- What difference does the body make? -- I feel your pain -- Neurobiology and the queerness of kinship -- Conclusion: The multiplicity of embodiment. |