The body, culture, and society : an introduction / Philip Hancock ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hancock, Philip, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body--Social aspects.

Human body.

Body image.

Sociology of disability.

Aging.

Social ethics.

Medical ethics.

Physical Description:

x, 146 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University, 2000.

Summary:

Concern with the human body has been growing steadily within the social sciences. This is a timely introduction to the significance of the corporeal dimension of life within contemporary sociological thought. It outlines the reasons behind this increased sociological fascination with the body, identifying it with broader developments within the current cultural sensibility.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Medicalized bodies / Bill Hughes 12

Chapter 2 Disabled bodies / Kevin Paterson, Bill Hughes 29

Chapter 3 Consumer bodies / Elizabeth Jagger 45

Chapter 4 Old bodies / Emmanuelle Tulle-Winton 64

Chapter 5 Working bodies / Philip Hancock, Melissa Tyler 84

Chapter 6 Ethical bodies / Rachel Russell 101.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [123]-136) and index.

ISBN:

0335204147

0335204139

OCLC:

44391456