Through a provocative analysis, this book contextualizes,
explicates and critically analyses the work of those key theorists
and texts that have been most influential in refocusing our gaze on
human embodiment. Upon this foundation, the author builds her own
distinctive theoretical
Framework towards the analysis of embodiment. This is a valuable
addition to the field of body studies' "- Chris Shilling,
University of Portsmouth
"
Over the last 20 years, the social sciences have witnessed a
remarkable inter-disciplinary surge of interest in the body. The
latter is now recognized as a core concept and is the subject of
intensive study at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. But how
can we map this work? What are the contributions and differences of
the various approaches?
This lucid and authoritative text:
" Provides a critical evaluation of the work of Elias, Aries,
Foucault, Bourdieu, Mary Douglas, Kristeva, Butler, Haraway and
Bordo;
" Guides the reader through the inter-disciplinary influence of
these ideas;
" Gives a clear and compelling analysis of the significance of
the turn' towards the body;
" Helps to understand the complex way in which embodiment is
formed across different social formations.
Clearly organized and powerfully expressed the book provides the
best available guide to the turn to the body' in the social
sciences.
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