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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779415003321

Autore

Thomas Helen <1947-, >

Titolo

The body and everyday life / / Helen Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-134-32924-5

0-203-39234-5

1-299-38654-7

1-134-32925-3

Descrizione fisica

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

Collana

New sociology

Disciplina

306.4/613

Soggetti

Human body - Social aspects

Human body in popular culture

Human figure in art

Body image

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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