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Subject(s)

• Human body—Social aspects [Browse]
• Human body in popular culture [Browse]
• Human figure in art [Browse]
• Body image [Browse]

Series

• New sociology series. [More in this series]
• New sociology

Summary note

In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in the contemporary social study of the body which has raised important theoretical and methodological questions regarding traditional social and cultural analysis. It has also generated corporeal theories that highlight the fluid, shifting, yet situated character of the body in society. In turn, these corporeal theories have implications for social relations in an era of new technologies and global market economies.The Body and Everyday Life offers a lively and comprehensive introduction to the study of the body. It use

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Language note

In English.

Contents

• Introduction: enter the body
• Performing the body
• Performing gender : the body in question
• Ethnographies of the body : absent-presence
• Older bodies : performing age, ageing and invisibility.

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Other format(s)

Also available in print form.

ISBN

• 1-134-32924-5
• 0-203-39234-5
• 1-299-38654-7
• 1-134-32925-3

OCLC

• 833767520
• 841852606

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203392348

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