Book of Donmon Teith

About one person in ten claims to have left his or her body at some time. Some were close to death; others had under-gone an accident or shock. Dr Blackmore's e

A theoretically sophisticated and cross-disciplinary reader in the anthropology of the body.

The authors challenge theories that put the body at the centre of identity, going 'beyond the body' to highlight the persistence of self-identity even when the

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

When a chimpanzee stockpiles rocks as weapons or when a frog sends out mating calls, we might easily assume these animals know their own motivations--that they