ISBN:
1858564298
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1858565871
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9781858564296
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9781858565873
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (viii, 144 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als McSharry, Majella Schooled bodies?
DDC:
306.4613
Keywords:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
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Jugendsoziologie
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Body image in adolescence
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Educational sociology
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Human body / Social aspects
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Teenagers
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Gesellschaft
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Human body Social aspects
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Body image in adolescence
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Educational sociology
;
Teenagers
;
Jugendsoziologie
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Jugendsoziologie
Description / Table of Contents:
"This book explores how adolescents in contemporary western culture are schooled on issues of embodiment. Despite an apparently growing lay consensus that adolescence is the time when concerns relating to the body are especially concentrated and complex, sociological literature rarely makes connections between the sociology of the body and the sociology of adolescence. With its in-depth conversations with adolescents themselves and its exploration of theoretical and empirical discourses, the book bridges this gap." "Schooled Bodies? is unique in offering a methodologically detailed account of the complexities encountered by the adolescents in their pursuit of a sense of embodied validation. The in-depth study allows readers to journey into the worlds of teenagers from varied backgrounds, as they reveal embodied narratives that shift frequently between happiness and heartache. Working with these adolescents and their everyday encounters with theoretical perceptions means that the bodies in this book are not mere canvases that have sociological understandings done to them. Instead the participants are agents who actively negotiate, investigate and instigate sociological understandings for themselves." "The book is a valuable read for those studying the sociology of the body and the sociology of childhood or adolescence, as well as courses on consumer culture and on education and training courses for teachers. The subject matter also has strong popular appeal."--Jacket
Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Description based on print version record
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