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Author Shilling, Chris, author.

Title The body and social theory / Chris Shilling
Edition Third edition
Published Los Angeles : Sage, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (336 pages)
Series Theory, culture & society
Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
Contents The body in sociology -- The naturalistic body -- The socially constructed body -- The body and social inequalities : embodying society -- The body and physical capital -- The civilized body -- The body, self-identity and death : figurations of life and death -- Afterword : embodiment, identity and theory
Summary This new edition of Chris Shilling's classic text offers an account of the emergence and development of body matters in sociology and related disciplines. A timely, well reasoned response to current concerns and controversies across the globe, it provides coverage of the major theories, approaches and studies conducted in the field. Each chapter has been revised and updated, with new discussions of 'action network theory', bodywork, pragmatism, the global resurgence of religious identities, 'new genetics', biological citizenship, and figurations of the living and dead
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 23, 2015)
Subject Human body -- Social aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Human body -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781446268810
1446268810
1473914817
9781473914810
Other Titles Body & social theory