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The lived body : sociological themes, embodied issues /

This text critically examines the notion of human embodiment in both classical and contemporary thought. An embodied sociology is proposed, one which makes embodiment central rather than peripheral.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Simon J. (Simon Johnson), 1961- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Bendelow, Gillian, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Sociology and the 'problem' of the body
  • 2. Bodily 'order': cultural and historical perspectives on conformity and transgression
  • 3. Bodily 'control': body techniques, intercorporeality and the embodiment of social action
  • 4. body in 'high' modernity and consumer culture
  • 5. 'libidinal' body: psychoanalysis, critical theory and the 'problem' of human desire
  • 6. 'Uncontainable' bodies? Feminisms, boundaries and reconfigured identities
  • 7. emotionally 'expressive' body
  • 8. Pain and the 'dys-appearing' body
  • 9. 'dormant' body: sleep, night-time and dreams
  • 10. 'Artistic' bodies: representation and resistance.