The body and everyday life / Helen Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Helen, 1947- author.

Series:

New sociology series.

New sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body--Social aspects.

Human body.

Human body in popular culture.

Human figure in art.

Body image.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-32924-5

0-203-39234-5

1-299-38654-7

1-134-32925-3

9780203392348

OCLC:

833767520