Gillian A. Bendelow, Simon J. Williams

The Lived Body (eBook, ePUB)

Sociological Themes, Embodied Issues

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134649495
• Artikelnr.: 42653858

Autorenporträt

Simon J Williams is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Research Fellow at the University of Warwick. He is also Co-Director of the new centre for Research in health, Medicine and Society. Gillian Bendelow is a Lecturer in medical sociology and social policy at the University of Warwick

Inhaltsangabe

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.The body in 'high' modernity and consumer culture 5.The 'libidinal' body:
psychoanalysis, critical theory and the 'problem' of human desire
6.'Uncontainable' bodies: feminisms, boundaries and reconfigured identities
7.The emotionally 'expressive' body 8.Pain and the 'dys-appearing' body
9.The 'dormant body: sleep, night-time and dreams 10.Artistic bodies:
representaion and resistance. Conclusions.