Lived Body : Sociological Themes, Embodied Issues.

Lived Body : Sociological Themes, Embodied Issues.

A 'state-of-the-art' review of the sociology of body which will provide both new students and established researchers with clear and accessible coverage of the major theories and debates in this growing discipline.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Simon J. (Simon Johnson), 1961-
Other Authors: Bendelow, Gillian, 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 1998.
Subjects:
Dualism.
Human body > Social aspects.
Mind and body.
dualism.
Dualism
Human body > Social aspects
Mind and body
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Sociology and the 'problem' of the body; Bodily 'order': cultural and historical perspectives on conformity and transgression; Bodily 'control': body techniques, intercorporeality and the embodiment of social action; The body in 'high' modernity and consumer culture; The 'libidinal' body: psychoanalysis, critical theory and the 'problem' of human desire; 'Uncontainable' bodies? Feminisms, boundaries and reconfigured identities; The emotionally 'expressive' body; Pain and the 'dys-appearing' body.

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