Corporeality : the body and society / / edited by Cassandra A. Ogden and Stephen Wakeman ; series editor, Katherine Harrison
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| Titolo: |
Corporeality : the body and society / / edited by Cassandra A. Ogden and Stephen Wakeman ; series editor, Katherine Harrison
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| Pubblicazione: | Chester, [England] : , : University of Chester Press, , 2013 |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (181 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.4093 |
| Soggetto topico: | Social archaeology |
| Human body - Social aspects - History | |
| Human body - Symbolic aspects - History | |
| Altri autori: |
OgdenCassandra A
WakemanStephen
HarrisonKatherine
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Regardless of how a person spends her or his day, in a classroom, in work or outside employment, whatever our thoughts, beliefs and experiences of life, all living is embodied. We are of and within our bodies. During the last thirty years, social scientists have increasingly turned their attention to the body as a site of both theoretical engagement and empirical exploration. Recently, public discourse has also become preoccupied with embodied debates: the obesity crisis and the London 2012 Paralympics have located the body firmly in the realm of public interest. The new essays collected in Co |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Corporeality |
| ISBN: | 1-908258-54-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825703703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Issues in the Social Sciences