The body, culture, and society : an introduction / Philip Hancock ... [et al.].

By:

Hancock, Philip, []

Contributor(s):

Hancock, Philip, 1965-

Material type:

TextPublication details: Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 2000.Description: x, 146 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

0335204139 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0335204147 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

306.4 21

Contents:

Notes on contributing authors Acknowledgements Introduction Medicalized bodies Disabled bodies Consumer bodies Old bodies Working bodies Ethical bodies Conclusion Bibliography Index.

Summary: Offers an introduction to the significance of the corporeal dimension of life within contemporary sociological thought. This book outlines many of the reasons behind this increased sociological fascination with the body, identifying it with a series of broader developments within the cultural sensibility.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-136) and index.

Notes on contributing authors Acknowledgements Introduction Medicalized bodies Disabled bodies Consumer bodies Old bodies Working bodies Ethical bodies Conclusion Bibliography Index.

Offers an introduction to the significance of the corporeal dimension of life within contemporary sociological thought. This book outlines many of the reasons behind this increased sociological fascination with the body, identifying it with a series of broader developments within the cultural sensibility.