Within both feminist theory and popular culture, establishing similarities between embodied practices rooted in different cultural and geo-political contexts (e

This book examines how cross-cultural comparisons of embodied practices function as a rhetorical device - with particular theoretical, social and political effe

The idea that respect for cultural diversity conflicts with gender equality is now a staple of both public and academic debate. Yet discussion of these tensions

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