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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Simon J. (Simon Johnson), 1961-
Otros Autores: Bendelow, Gillian, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.