Embodied Practices: Feminist Perspectives on the BodyThis book focuses on the significance of the body in contemporary feminist scholarship. In recent years, the body has become a hot item in both contemporary social theory and research. This renewed interest has received a mixed reaction from feminists. While the body may be back, the new body theory often proves to be just as disembodied as it ever was. The body revival seems to be less an attempt to re embody masculinist science than just another