This InterDisciplines special issue “The body and its Multiple Dimensions" focus is understanding the body from different perspectives, such as from physical to metaphysical bodies, to social, to political and economic bodies. Common across the individual articles is an understanding of the body as a sociological and historical category in the center of an analysis of power relations, discourses, social transformations and contested meanings. Some papers demonstrate how biopolitical instruments use the body along intersectional categories for political purposes, which is in line with Foucault’s theory about bodies, being racialized, sexualized and gendered as a part of a biopolitical project.
Table of Contents
Editorial: The Body and its Multiple DimensionsCleovi C. Mosuelahttp://www.interdisciplines.net/index.php/indi/article/view/184/182
Articles
Oleksandra TarkhanovaEssentializing motherhood: The Ukrainian woman in policy debateshttp://www.interdisciplines.net/index.php/indi/article/view/187/pdf_33
Susan LindholmBelonging and popular culture The work of Chilean artist Ana Tijouxhttp://www.interdisciplines.net/index.php/indi/article/view/188/pdf_29
Katarzyna HerdFrom a body to a story. Transformative narratives in Swedish footballhttp://www.interdisciplines.net/index.php/indi/article/view/189/pdf_34
Cleovi C. MosuelaWarm heart and warm hands: The case of Filipino migrant nurses in Germanyhttp://www.interdisciplines.net/index.php/indi/article/view/185/pdf_31
Michelle G. OngEmbodying good citizenship and success in migration: Aging Filipina migrants talk about healthhttp://www.interdisciplines.net/index.php/indi/article/view/186/pdf_32