Living Across and Through Skins: Transactional Bodies, Pragmatism, and Feminism

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l i v i n g a c r o s s a n d t h r o u g h s k i n s l i v i n g a c r o s s a n d t h r o u g h s k i n s Transactional Bodies, Pragmatism, and Feminism Shannon Sullivan i n d i a n a u n i v e r s i t y p r e s s B l o o m i n g t o n a n d I n d i a n a p o l i s This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://www.indiana.edu/~iupress Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2001 by Shannon Sullivan All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sullivan, Shannon, date Living across and through skins : transactional bodies, pragmatism, and feminism / Shannon Sullivan. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-253-33853-0 (cl : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-253-21440-8 (pa : alk. paper) 1. Body, Human (Philosophy) 2. Ecology. 3. Pragmatism. 4. Feminist theory. I. Title. B105.B64 S85 2001 128′.6—dc21 00-058159 1 2 3 4 5 06 05 04 03 02 01 ...