The body / Nick J. Fox.
Material type:
TextSeries: Key themes in health & social carePublisher: Cambridge : Polity Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: v, 231 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0745651232
- 9780745651231
- 0745651240
- 9780745651248
- 306.4613 23
- HM636 .F69 2012
Contents:
Content advice: "This book provides an accessible and informative account of the importance of the body for the caring professions. It offers a clear description of the latest theoretical perspectives, weaving the natural and social body into one. The book focuses on specific aspects such as health and illness, ageing, gender and sexuality, consumption, care, and medical technology."--Back cover.
Introduction -- The biological body -- The social body -- What can a body do? -- The body in health and illness -- Desire and the body -- The managed body -- Caring bodies -- The body and technology.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 306.4613 FOX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A479809B | ||
| Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 306.4613 FOX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A479810B |
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| 306.4613 DAL Leisure & pleasure : reshaping & revealing the New Zealand body 1900-1960 / | 306.4613 DWO Body panic : gender, health, and the selling of fitness / | 306.4613 FOX The body / | 306.4613 FOX The body / | 306.4613 GRO Body image : understanding body dissatisfaction in men, women, and children / | 306.4613 GRO Body image : understanding body dissatisfaction in men, women, and children / | 306.4613 HES The cult of thinness / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The biological body -- The social body -- What can a body do? -- The body in health and illness -- Desire and the body -- The managed body -- Caring bodies -- The body and technology.
"This book provides an accessible and informative account of the importance of the body for the caring professions. It offers a clear description of the latest theoretical perspectives, weaving the natural and social body into one. The book focuses on specific aspects such as health and illness, ageing, gender and sexuality, consumption, care, and medical technology."--Back cover.
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