The somatechnics of perception and the matter of the non/human: A critical response to the new materialism

European Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 299-313

  Sullivan, Nikki ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

'nature'; 'sex'; Animality; constructionism; embodiment; materiality; matter; non human; perception; poststructuralist feminism; somatechnics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868612285     PISSN: 13505068     EISSN: 14617420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350506812443477     Document Type: Article

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