The Body and Social Theory

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SAGE, 27 mrt 2003 - 248 pagina's
Praise for the First Edition:

`Essential to any collection of work on the body, health and illness, or social theory' - Choice

`Sophisticated ... and acutely perceptive of the importance of the complex dialectic between social institutions, culture and biological conditions' - Times Higher Education Supplement

`Chris Shilling has done us all a splendid service in bringing together and illustrating the tremendous diversity and richness of sociological thinking on the topic of human embodiment and its implications' - Sociological Review

This updated edition of the bestselling text retains all the strengths of the first edition. Chris Shilling: provides a critical survey of the field; demonstrates how developments in diet, sexuality, reproductive technology, genetic engineering and sports science have made the body a site for social alternatives and individual choices; and elucidates the practical uses of theory in striking and accessible ways.

In addition, new, original material: explores the latest feminist, phenomenological and action-oriented approaches to the body; examines the latest work on `body projects' and the relationship between the body and self-identity; and outlines a compelling theoretical framework that provides a radical basis for the consolidation of body studies.

 

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Inhoudsopgave

Acknowledgements
Preface to the Second Edition
1 Introduction
2 The Body in Sociology
3 The Naturalistic Body
4 The Socially Constructed Body
5 The Body and Social Inequalities
6 The Body and Physical Capital
7 The Civilized Body
8 The Body Self Identity and Death
9 Concluding Comments
Afterword Embodiment Identity and Theory
References
Index
Copyright

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Bibliografische gegevens

TitelThe Body and Social Theory
Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
AuteurProfessor Chris Shilling
UitgeverSAGE, 2003
ISBN1849206570, 9781849206570
Lengte248 pagina's
  
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