Sociology of the body : a reader / edited by Claudia Malacrida and Jacqueline Low.

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TextPublisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: xix, 385 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

0195425480
9780195425482

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DDC classification:

306.461 22

LOC classification:

HM636 .S63 2008

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Contents:

1. Tracing the body in classical and contemporary theory -- 2. Bodies in history -- 3. Presenting the body -- 4. Medical Social Control -- 5. Women's bodies -- 6. Men's bodies -- 7. Transgressive bodies -- 8. Risky bodies -- 9. Reproductive bodies -- 10. Children's, young people's bodies -- 11. Working bodies -- 12. Disabled bodies -- 13. Sporting bodies -- 14. Racialized bodies -- 15. Consumer bodies -- 16. Aging bodies -- 17. Postmodern bodies.

Review: "Sociology of the Body: A Reader brings together 48 essays exploring the multitude of ways in which human bodies shape and are shaped by society. The volume is organized thematically in 16 sections, each consisting of three essays. Each section begins with a detailed introduction in which the editors, Claudia Malacrida and Jacqueline Low, explain the essential historical context, offer insight into the readings that follow, and underline the connections between them. Throughout these introductory essays, terms and concepts specific to the discipline are highlighted and explained. Together, these features make Sociology of the Body an invaluable text for upper-level undergraduate courses not only in sociology but in gender and cultural studies as well as kinesiology and nursing."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Sociology of the Body: A Reader brings together 48 essays exploring the multitude of ways in which human bodies shape and are shaped by society. The volume is organized thematically in 16 sections, each consisting of three essays. Each section begins with a detailed introduction in which the editors, Claudia Malacrida and Jacqueline Low, explain the essential historical context, offer insight into the readings that follow, and underline the connections between them. Throughout these introductory essays, terms and concepts specific to the discipline are highlighted and explained. Together, these features make Sociology of the Body an invaluable text for upper-level undergraduate courses not only in sociology but in gender and cultural studies as well as kinesiology and nursing."--BOOK JACKET.

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