Let the Body Out

Abstract

I commend you, for giving me your attention. You have analyzed and grasped the concept of the body politic and the connections between the body, knowledge and power. You have researched the cultural reasons the body has been absent and present, revered and misused. Now I find myself party to a wide variety of discourses, taking place across many fields and disciplines. I am a hot subject and object; researchers are now taking me seriously. I am even being discussed at the desks of some of the finest institutions around the world.