Frances E. Mascia-Lees is Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University. She was Editor-in-Chief of American Anthropologist from 2001 to 2006, is a Founder and current Member of the Board of Anthropology Now, and was an International Scholar of the Open Society Institute from 2007 to 2010. She is author of numerous publications including Taking a Stand in a Postfeminist World: Toward an Engaged Cultural Criticism (2000), Women's Realities, Women's Choice, (3rd Edition, 2005) and Gender and Difference in a Globalizing World: 21st Century Anthropology (2011).

A Companion to the Anthropology of the Body and Embodimentoffers original essays that examine historical and contemporaryapproaches to conceptualizations of the body.
* In this ground-breaking work on the body and embodiment, thelatest scholarship from anthropology and related social sciencefields is presented, providing new insights on body politics andthe experience of the body
* Original chapters cover historical and contemporary approachesand highlight new research frameworks
* Reflects the increasing importance of embodiment and itsethnographic contexts within anthropology
* Highlights the increasing emphasis on examining the productionof scientific, technological, and medical expertise in studyingbodies and embodiment