The lived body : sociological themes, embodied issues / Simon J. Williams and Gillian Bendelow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Simon J. (Simon Johnson), 1961-

Contributor:

Bendelow, Gillian, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body--Social aspects.

Human body.

Mind and body.

Dualism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Lived Body takes a fresh look at the notion of human embodiment and provides an ideal textbook for undergraduates on the growing number of courses on the sociology of the body.The authors propose a new approach - an 'Embodied Sociology' - one which makes embodiment central rather than peripheral. They critically examine the dualist legacies of the past, assessing the ideas of a range of key thinkers, from Marx to Freud, Foucault to Giddens, Deleuze to Guattari and Irigary to Grosz, in terms of the bodily themes and issues they address.They also explore new areas of researc

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Sociology and the 'problem' of the body; Bodily 'order': cultural and historical perspectives on conformity and transgression; Bodily 'control': body techniques, intercorporeality and the embodiment of social action; The body in 'high' modernity and consumer culture; The 'libidinal' body: psychoanalysis, critical theory and the 'problem' of human desire; 'Uncontainable' bodies? Feminisms, boundaries and reconfigured identities; The emotionally 'expressive' body; Pain and the 'dys-appearing' body

The 'dormant' body: sleep, night-time and dreams'Artistic' bodies: representation and resistance; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-252) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-64949-5

1-134-64950-9

1-280-33212-3

0-203-02568-7

9780203025680

OCLC:

475876884