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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172240003321

Autore

Williams Simon J (Simon Johnson), <1961->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

1-134-64949-5

1-134-64950-9

1-280-33212-3

0-203-02568-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BendelowGillian <1956->

Disciplina

306.4

306.461

Soggetti

Human body - Social aspects

Mind and body

Dualism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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