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Item Details
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THE BODY AND SOCIAL THEORY
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| By: |
Chris Shilling |
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Electronic book text |
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£29.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1849206570 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781849206570 |
| Publisher: |
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
2 April, 2003 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Series: |
Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society |
| Description: |
This new, updated edition of the best-selling text provides a critical survey of the field; demonstrates how new developments in have made the body a site for social alternatives and individual choices; and elucidates the practical uses of theory in striking and accessible ways. |
| Synopsis: |
Praise for the First Edition: 'Essential to any collection of work on the body, health and illness, or social theory' - "Choice". 'Sophisticated ! and acutely perceptive of the importance of the complex dialectic between social institutions, culture and biological conditions' - "Times Higher Education Supplement". 'Chris Shilling has done us all a splendid service in bringing together and illustrating the tremendous diversity and richness of sociological thinking on the topic of human embodiment and its implications' - "Sociological Review". This updated edition of the bestselling text retains all the strengths of the first edition. Chris Shilling: provides a critical survey of the field; demonstrates how developments in diet, sexuality, reproductive technology, genetic engineering and sports science have made the body a site for social alternatives and individual choices; and, elucidates the practical uses of theory in striking and accessible ways.In addition, new, original material: explores the latest feminist, phenomenological and action-oriented approaches to the body; examines the latest work on 'body projects' and the relationship between the body and self-identity; and, outlines a compelling theoretical framework that provides a radical basis for the consolidation of body studies. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
SAGE Publications Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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