Body Matters
eBook - ePub

Body Matters

Essays On The Sociology Of The Body

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Body Matters

Essays On The Sociology Of The Body

About this book

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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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2004
Print ISBN
9781850009429
eBook ISBN
9781135427290
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1 Bodies in a Social Landscape
  7. Chapter 2 ‘With My Body I Thee Worship’; The Social Construction of Marital Sex Problems
  8. Chapter 3 Dance and the Culture of the Body
  9. Chapter 4 Pumping Irony: The Muscular and the Feminine
  10. Chapter 5 You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine: Reflections on the Male Body and Masculinities
  11. Chapter 6 Selling the Body, Keeping the Soul: Sexuality, Power, the Theories and Realities of Prostitution
  12. Chapter 7 The Inverted Gaze
  13. Chapter 8 Purity and Pollution: Body Management and the Social Place of Infancy
  14. Chapter 9 Afterward: Constructing a Research Agenda
  15. Notes on Contributors