{"product_id":"somatic-states-on-cartography-geobodies-bodily-integrity-paperback","title":"Somatic States: On Cartography, Geobodies, Bodily Integrity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFranck Bill?\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSomatic States\u003c\/i\u003e, Franck Bill? examines the conceptual link between the nation-state and the body, particularly the visceral and affective attachment to the state and the symbolic significance of its borders. Bill? argues that corporeal analogies to the nation-state are not simply poetic or allegorical but reflect a genuine association of the individual body with the national outline--an identification greatly facilitated by the emergence of the national map. Bill? charts the evolution of cartographic practices and the role that political maps have played in transforming notions of territorial sovereignty. He shows how states routinely and effectively mobilize corporeal narratives, such as framing territorial loss through metaphors of dismemberment and mutilation. Despite the current complexity of geopolitics and neoliberalism, Bill? demonstrates that corporeality and bodily metaphors remain viscerally powerful because they offer a seemingly simple way to apprehend the abstract nature of the nation-state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranck Bill? is Program Director of the Tang Center for Silk Road Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is editor of \u003ci\u003eVoluminous States: Sovereignty, Materiality, and the Territorial Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press, and author of \u003ci\u003eSinophobia: Anxiety, Violence, and the Making of Mongolian Identity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44246200254515,"sku":"9781478031727","price":119.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/yCWjmIo5q-9781478031727.webp?v=1777667095","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/somatic-states-on-cartography-geobodies-bodily-integrity-paperback","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}