Thoroughly updated and revised throughout with a brand new conclusion, featuring essay and classroom questions for classroom use, The Body: Key Concepts, Second Edition, presents a concise and up to date introduction to, and analysis of, the complex and influential debates around the body in contemporary culture.

Lisa Blackman is Professor in the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths University in London, UK.

INTRODUCTION: THINKING THROUGH THE BODY 1. BODILY MATTERS 2. AFFECTIVE BODIES 3. BODIES AND DIFFERENCE 4. LIVED BODIES 5. BODILY ASSEMBLAGES CONCLUDING CHAPTER: INDETERMINATE BODIES