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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825555603321

Titolo

Body and time : bodily rhythms and social synchronism in the digital media society / / edited by Bianca Maria Pirani and Thomas S. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-6868-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Disciplina

302.23

370.4

Soggetti

Time - Sociological aspects

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.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I - METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES, BODIES, AND THE COURSE OF TIME; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; PART II - CASE STUDIES FROM METROPOLITAN CONTEXTS; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; PART III - BODILY RHYTHMS, SYNCHRONIZATION, AND EMERGENT STRUCTURE; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; POSTFACE

Sommario/riassunto

Body and Time is an innovative and concise survey of penetrating essays, conceptualizing the body as a physiological system embedded in a social network. In its complex and multilayered structure, it is aligned to and overlaps with other related functions. Contributors to this publication are members of the International Sociological Association Research Committee 54 - 'The Body in the Social Sciences', and their contributions specifically refer to the RC54 Mid-Term Conference - 'The Mobile I...