Description:
Bodies beyond Binaries advances the historiographical debate around the body in colonial and postcolonial Asia
Brief description: Kate Imy is a screenwriter and historian at Texas Woman's University and author of 'Faithful Fighters: Identity and Power in the British Indian Army', which won the NACBS Stansky Prize and the American Historical Association's Pacific Coast Branch Book Award. Her second book, 'Losing Hearts and Minds: Race, War, and Empire in Singapore and Malaya, 1915-1960' is forthcoming with Stanford University Press. She has received the AHA'S Bernadotte Schmitt Grant, a Lee Kong Chian Fellowship from the National University of Singapore and Stanford University, a Fulbright fellowship in India, and a fellowship from the Institute of Historical Research (UK).
Review Quotes:
This volume effectively demonstrates that the body is more than just a subject of analysis - it serves as a prism through which broader issues can be explored, challenging binaries like nature versus culture, biological versus technical, and human versus animal (Wald). The articles are generally written in a clear and pleasant style, making complex concepts easily accessible. This study offers a significant addition to research on the history of the body and deserves a wide audience.
--Alessandra Consolaro