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Pitts-Taylor, Victoria, author.
The brain’s body : neuroscience and corporeal politics /
Victoria Pitts-Taylor.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-8223-6107-7 (hardcover : alk. paper)
isbn 978-0-8223-6126-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
isbn 978-0-8223-7437-4 (e-book)
- Neurosciences—Social aspects. 2. Cognitive neuroscience—
Social aspects. 3. Feminist theory. I. Title.
rc343.3.p58 2016
612.8'233—dc
2015033351
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