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UNINA9910779415003321 |
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Autore |
Thomas Helen <1947-, > |
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Titolo |
The body and everyday life / / Helen Thomas |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-32924-5 |
0-203-39234-5 |
1-299-38654-7 |
1-134-32925-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (173 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human body - Social aspects |
Human body in popular culture |
Human figure in art |
Body image |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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