Edition 4: Making Perfect Bodies
The quest for a perfect body has become the obsession of our age.
From genetics to extreme body makeovers, the convergence of science and popular culture in pursuit of perfection goes to the heart of who we are and what we might be.
The compelling writing in Making Perfect Bodies explores the limits
of this preoccupation and its far-reaching implications.
Writers include:
Robyn Williams, Paul Chadwick, Bernie Matthews, Donald Horne,
Charles Watson, Natalie Corban, Mark Peel, Stephanie Short,
Elspeth Probyn, Meera Atkinson, Matthew Ricketson,
Melissa Lucashenko, Loubna Haikal, Sherwin B Nuland,
Wendy Lipworth, Michael F Good, John Menadue, Tracy Crisp,
Sam Tormey, Rose Michael, Creed C O'Hanlon, John Carmody,
Michael Wilding, Inez Baranay and David Sornig.
Book Details: RRP: $16.50 / Publication date: June 2005 / ISBN: 9780733314339 / Extent: 268 pp / Format: Paperback (234 x 153mm)
Contents
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Introduction
( 1 )
- From conception to perfection (Edition Introduction) Julianne Schultz
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Essay
( 8 )
- Promise of miracles in the age of uncertainty Robyn Williams
- Sculpting your own brain Charles Watson
- Making perfect babies Sam Tormey
- Chewing the fat Elspeth Probyn
- Imperfect bodies of the poor Mark Peel
- Our bodies Melissa Lucashenko
- Finding order in art and life John Carmody
- Writing, standing on your head Inez Baranay
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Memoir
( 5 )
- Neglecting the body Michael Wilding
- Scapho is Greek for boat Tracy Crisp
- Mind, body and age Donald Horne (dec.)
- Journey to the spare world Natalie Corban
- Beauty and the bêtê noire Meera Atkinson
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Fiction
( 3 )
- Gift to Sebastiano David Sornig
- Like a Christmas cake Creed O'Hanlon
- End sex Rose Michael
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Policy
( 4 )
- Fat is a fairness issue Stephanie Short
- Curing sick hospitals John Menadue
- Wise to the healthy, wealthy divide Michael Good
- The new slavery, body as data Paul Chadwick
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Review
( 2 )
- Messing with nature Sherwin B Nuland
- Essentially whose genes Wendy Lipworth
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Reportage
( 2 )
- Born to win, with a little help Matthew Ricketson
- DNA and the justice game Bernie Matthews
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Satire
( 1 )
- The visibility quest Loubna Haikal