Body - A Reader

Klappentext This broad consideration of the body presents an engagement with a range of social concerns! from the processes of racialisation to the vagaries of fashion and body piercing. Zusammenfassung Containing an extensive critical introduction and contributions from key figures, this reader offers a stimulating overview of the main topics, perspectives and theories surrounding the fascinating topic of the body. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. What is a Body? 2. The Body and Social (Dis)order 3. Bodies and Identities 4. Normal Bodies! or Not 5. Bodies in Health and Dis-ease 6. Bodies and Technologies 7. Bodies in Consumer Culture 8. Body Ethics

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mariam Fraser, Mariam (EDT)/ Greco Fraser, Mariam (Goldsmiths College Fraser, Mariam Greco Fraser, Fraser Greco, Monica Greco
• Mitarbeit: Mariam Fraser (Herausgeber), Mariam (Goldsmiths College Fraser (Herausgeber), Fraser Mariam (Herausgeber), Monica Greco (Herausgeber), Monica (Department of SociologyGoldsmiths Greco (Herausgeber), Greco Monica (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.10.2004
• EAN: 9780415340076
• ISBN: 978-0-415-34007-6
• Seiten: 368
• Abmessung: 178 mm x 248 mm x 25 mm
• Serien: Routledge Student Readers; Routledge Student Readers
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology