The Lived Body - Sociological Themes, Embodied Issues (Hardcover)

Contents:
1.Sociology and the 'problem' of the body 2.Bodily 'order': cultural and historical perspectives on conformity and transgression 3.Bodily 'control': body techniques, intercorporeality and the embodiment of social action 4.The body in 'high' modernity and consumer culture 5.The 'libidinal' body: psychoanalysis, critical theory and the 'problem' of human desire 6.'Uncontainable' bodies: feminisms, boundaries and reconfigured identities 7.The emotionally 'expressive' body 8.Pain and the 'dys-appearing' body 9.The 'dormant body: sleep, night-time and dreams 10.Artistic bodies: representaion and resistance. Conclusions.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Gillian A. Bendelow • Simon J. Williams
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-19425-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General
LSN:	0-415-19425-3
Barcode:	9780415194259

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