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The sociology of the body : mapping the abstraction of embodiment /

Through a provocative analysis, this book contextualizes, explicates and critically analyses the work of those key theorists and texts that have been most influential in refocusing our gaze on human embodiment. Upon this foundation, the author builds her own distinctive theoretical. Framework toward...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cregan, Kate
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Through a provocative analysis, this book contextualizes, explicates and critically analyses the work of those key theorists and texts that have been most influential in refocusing our gaze on human embodiment. Upon this foundation, the author builds her own distinctive theoretical. Framework towards the analysis of embodiment. This is a valuable addition to the field of body studies' - Chris Shilling, University of Portsmouth. Over the last 20 years, the social sciences have witnessed a remarkable inter-disciplinary surge of interest in the body. The latter is now recognized as a core concept.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 212 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781848606760
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