Editorial Reviews
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Praise for the First Edition:
`Essential to any collection of work on the body, health and illness, or social theory' - Choice
`Sophisticated … and acutely perceptive of the importance of the complex dialectic between social institutions, culture and biological conditions' - Times Higher Education Supplement
`Chris Shilling has done us all a splendid service in bringing together and illustrating the tremendous diversity and richness of sociological thinking on the topic of human embodiment and its implications' - Sociological Review
This updated edition of the bestselling text retains all the strengths of the first edition. Chris Shilling: provides a critical survey of the field; demonstrates how developments in diet, sexuality, reproductive technology, genetic engineering and sports science have made the body a site for social alternatives and individual choices; and elucidates the practical uses of theory in striking and accessible ways.
In addition, new, original material: explores the latest feminist, phenomenological and action-oriented approaches to the body; examines the latest work on `body projects' and the relationship between the body and self-identity; and outlines a compelling theoretical framework that provides a radical basis for the consolidation of body studies.
Book Info
Text provides a critical survey of the sociology of the body. New material explores the latest feminist, phenomenological and action-oriented approaches to the body. Covers 'body projects, masks,' and 'latency,' and analyzes the relationship between the body and self-identity. First ed: c1993. Last reprint: 2002. Softcover, hardcover available.
The Body and Social Theory,Chris Shilling,Sage Publications Ltd,0761942858,Body, Human,Popular Culture - General,Social aspects,Sociology,Sociology - General,Social Science / Sociology / General
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