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The body and social theory / Chris Shilling.

By: Shilling, Chris.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered): Publisher: Los Angeles : Sage, 2012.Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xv, 313 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780857025326 (hbk.); 0857025325 (hbk.); 9780857025333 (pbk.); 0857025333 (pbk.).Other title: Body & social theory.Subject(s): Human body -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 306.4 Online resources: Table of Contents
Contents:
The body in sociology -- The naturalistic body -- The socially constructed body -- The body and social inequalities : embodying society -- The body and physical capital -- The civilized body -- The body, self-identity and death : figurations of life and death -- Afterword : embodiment, identity and theory.
Summary: A timely, well reasoned response to current concerns and controversies across the globe, it provides chapter-by-chapter coverage of the major theories, approaches and studies conducted in the field. Each chapter has been revised and updated, with new discussions of 'action network theory', bodywork, pragmatism, the global resurgence of religious identities, 'new genetics', biological citizenship, and figurations of the living and dead. Packed full of critical analysis and relevant empirical studies the book engages with the major classical and contemporary theories within body studies including the: Naturalistic Constructionist Structuralist Realist Interactionist Feminist Phenomenological Original, logical and indispensible, this is a must-have title for students and researchers engaged with the study of the body. Taken from publisher's site.
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Previous ed.: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-296) and index.

The body in sociology -- The naturalistic body -- The socially constructed body -- The body and social inequalities : embodying society -- The body and physical capital -- The civilized body -- The body, self-identity and death : figurations of life and death -- Afterword : embodiment, identity and theory.

A timely, well reasoned response to current concerns and controversies across the globe, it provides chapter-by-chapter coverage of the major theories, approaches and studies conducted in the field. Each chapter has been revised and updated, with new discussions of 'action network theory', bodywork, pragmatism, the global resurgence of religious identities, 'new genetics', biological citizenship, and figurations of the living and dead.

Packed full of critical analysis and relevant empirical studies the book engages with the major classical and contemporary theories within body studies including the:
Naturalistic
Constructionist
Structuralist
Realist
Interactionist
Feminist
Phenomenological

Original, logical and indispensible, this is a must-have title for students and researchers engaged with the study of the body. Taken from publisher's site.

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