The concept of the body is one of the most recent, and hotly contested areas of inquiry among philosophers today.

Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Situating the Body: Donn Welton.
Part I: Contested Constructions.
1. Sex and Gender.
2. Gender and Performance.
3. Power, Practice, and the Body.
4. The Question of Materiality.
5. Renaturalization Theory.
Part II: Constitutional Matrices.
6. Lived Body.
7. Body Image and Body Schema.
8. Natural Powers and Animate Form.
9. Affectivity and Eros.
10. Habitualities.
Part III: The Flesh of Culture.
11. Biblical Roots.
12. Situated Bodies.
13. Slender Bodies.
14. Regimented Bodies.
15. Sculpted Bodies.
16. Virtual Bodies.
Index.