Embodying sociology : retrospect, progress, and prospects / edited by Chris Shilling.
- Date:
- 2007
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Physical description
169 pages ; 23 cm.
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Edition
1st ed.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Sociology and the body : classical traditions and new agendas / Chris Shilling -- Culture, technologies, and bodies : the technological utopia of living forever / Bryan S. Turner -- Reclaiming women's bodies : colonialist trope or critical epistemology? / Kathy Davis -- Fieldwork embodied / Judith Okely -- Researching embodiment by way of "body techniques" / Nick Crossley -- Breathing like a soldier : culture incarnate / Brian Lande -- Listening to the dancer's body / Anna Aalten -- Embodied knowledge in glassblowing : the experience of meaning and the struggle towards proficiency / Erin O'Connor -- Vulnerable/dangerous bodies? : the trials and tribulations of sleep / Simon J. Williams.
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Location Status Medical CollectionHM636 2007E43Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9781405167949
- 1405167947