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Author Blackman, Lisa, 1965-

Title The body : the key concepts / Lisa Blackman
Edition English ed
Published Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2008

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Description vii, 160 p. ; 24 cm
Series Key concepts (Berg (Firm))
Contents Introduction: Thinking through the body -- Regulated and regulating bodies -- Communicating bodies -- Bodies and difference -- Lived bodies -- The body as enactment -- Conclusion: Imagining the future of the body within the academy
Summary Summary: "Questions around 'the body' are central to social theory. Our changing understanding of the body now challenges the ways we conceive power, ideology, subjectivity and social and cultural process. The Body: The Key Concepts highlights and analyses the debates that make the body central to current sociological, psychological, cultural and feminist thinking." "Today, questions around the body are intrinsic to a wide range of debates - from technological developments in media and communications, to socio-cultural questions around representation, performance, class, race, gender and sexuality, to the more 'physical' concerns of health and illness, sleep, diet and eating disorders, body parts and the senses." "The Body: The Key Concepts is the ideal introduction for any student seeking a concise and up-to-date analysis of the complex and influential debates around the body in contemporary culture."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Human body (Philosophy)
Human body -- Philosophy
Human body -- Social aspects
Body image -- Social aspects
Human physiology
Identity (Psychology)
LC no. 2008022351
ISBN 9781845205898 (cloth)
1845205898 (cloth)
9781845205904 (pbk.)
1845205901 (pbk.)
Other Titles Body