Metamorphoses of the Body by José Gil

Metamorphoses of the Body

José Gil with José Gil (Translator)

352 pages first pub 1980 (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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For Jose Gil the body, with its capacity to translate forces into signs, is the source of power. Analyzing the language of mime and gestures, comparing magical cures to psychiatric ones, contrasting the flayed body of Kafka's "In the Penal Colony"...

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