ISBN:
0745625371
,
074562538X
,
9780745625386
Language:
English
Pages:
198 S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
DDC:
306.4
Keywords:
Human body Social aspects
;
Body, Human
;
Social aspects
;
Körper
;
Soziologie
Abstract:
An introduction to the sociology of the body, this book examines what certain aspects of our bodies, such as the size, shape, smell and demeanor, reveal about the social organization of everyday life and how the body is crucial to the way we engage with the world and the people around us
Abstract:
An introduction to the sociology of the body, this book examines what certain aspects of our bodies, such as the size, shape, smell and demeanor, reveal about the social organization of everyday life and how the body is crucial to the way we engage with the world and the people around us
Description / Table of Contents:
The body in everyday life -- The body, gender and sex -- The civilized body -- The body in consumer culture -- Regulating the body -- Images and experiences of childhood, ageing and death.
Description / Table of Contents:
Literaturverz. S. [172] - 190
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip042/2003007446.html
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