Female Sexualization keyword-the-possessed In this companion volume to

In this companion volume to Shakespeare: Poet and Citizen Kiernan sets out to rescue Shakespearean studies from the increasingly solipsistic terrain of literary criticism

focusing on individuals whose careers throw different aspects of a complex story into sharp relief

The lessons of A Taste of Power are of more than historical interest

but largely unreported

the book examines the possible futures after geoengineering

Female Sexualization keyword-the-possessed In this companion volume toForegrounding the body, this remarkable collective work explores the sexualization of womens bodies, charting the complex interplay of social, political and cultural forces which produce a normative femininity. A series of projects which focus on concrete instances of sexualization (hair, legs, the slavegirl stereotype, womens gymnastics) lead to a broader examination of the relationship between power and sexuality, the social and the psychological.