Body Matters (eBook, PDF)

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

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the sociological embodiment of various "social actors", the authors consider the subsequent links with the constraints of daily life i.e. the male body, female therapists, body builders, marital and sexual counsellors, sex workers. They present recent or new research findings on aspects of the body, variants from what is conventionally seen as "natural" and consider and question aspects of self-image versus society's expectations. A number of developments in discussions of the body on such topics as feminist thought, the study of health and illness and cultural theory are presented as a series of essays which demonstrate the variety of interests mentioned.; The book is aimed at undergraduates/postgraduates students and lecturers in sociology, cultural studies, women's and gender studies.

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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.