This exciting collection of work from leading feminist scholars extends thegrowing feminist literature on lived and imagined embodiment and argues forconsiderat... » 

This exciting collection of work from leading feminist scholars extends thegrowing feminist literature on lived and imagined embodiment and argues forconsideration of the skin as a site where bodies take form...already writtenupon but open to endless reinscription.Pierced mutilated and markedmortified and glorified scarred by disease and stretched and enveloping theskin of another in pregnancy skin is seen here as both a boundary and a pointof connection. It is the place we are touched and is touched by others in boththe most private and public of experiences. It is also the most visible markerof a raced sexed and nationalized history. «