ISBN:
9781412929868
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9781412929875
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 285 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
3rd ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Theory, culture & society
Parallel Title:
Print version The Body and Society : Explorations in Social Theory
DDC:
306.4
Keywords:
Human body Social aspects
;
Sex in popular culture
Abstract:
Bryan Turner's bracing The Body & Society is now better than ever. With his characteristic sociological flair, Turner bridges the organic and cultural with his philosophical and theological aspirations: the result is a penetrating analysis of society's b
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the Third Edition - Virtue and the Body: The Debate over Nature and Nurture; 1 The Mode of Desire; 2 Sociology and the Body; 3 The Body and Religion; 4 Bodily Order; 5 Eve's Body; 6 The End of Patriarchy?; 7 The Disciplines; 8 Government of the Body; 9 Disease and Disorder; 10 Ontology of Difference; 11 Bodies in Motion - Towards an Aesthetic of Dance; 12 The Body and Boredom - The New Longevity; 13 Epilogue - Vulnerability and Values; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-276) and index
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Previous ed.: 1996
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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