Body Matters (eBook, PDF)

Essays On The Sociology Of The Body
Redaktion: Scott, Sue; Morgan, David

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Focuses on the sociological embodiment of various "social actors" and subsequent links with the constraints of daily life. It presents findings on aspects of the body, variants from what is conventionally seen as "natural" and considers self-image versus society's expectations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135427306
• Artikelnr.: 42975668

Autorenporträt

Sue Scott, David Morgan

Inhaltsangabe

Bodies in a social landscape
Sue Scott and David Morgan; With My Body I Thee Worship
David Clark; dance and the culture of body
Joyce Sherlock; pumping iron
Alan Mansfield and Barbara McGinn; you too can have a body like mine - reflections on the male body and masculinities
David Morgan; selling the body
deeping the soul - sexuality
power
the theories and realities of prostitution
Susan M. Edwards; the inverted gaze
Ruth Waterhouse; purity and pollution - body management and the social place of infancy
Anne Murcott; afterward - constructing a research agenda
David Morgan and Sue Scott.