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



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Autore: Williams Simon J (Simon Johnson), <1961-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The lived body : sociological themes, embodied issues / / Simon J. Williams and Gillian Bendelow Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
Disciplina: 306.4
306.461
Soggetto topico: Human body - Social aspects
Mind and body
Dualism
Altri autori: BendelowGillian <1956->  
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
Titolo autorizzato: The lived body  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-134-64949-5
1-134-64950-9
1-280-33212-3
0-203-02568-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910172240003321
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