The Body: Social Process and Cultural Theory (Theory, Culture & Society) - Softcover

Buch 110 von 127: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
 
9780803984134: The Body: Social Process and Cultural Theory (Theory, Culture & Society)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0803984138 ISBN 13: 9780803984134
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1991

Inhaltsangabe

This challenging volume reasserts the centrality of the body within social theory as a means to understanding the complex interrelations between nature, culture and society. At a theoretical level, the volume explores the origins of a social theory of the body in sources ranging from the work of Nietzsche to contemporary feminist theory. The importance of a theoretical understanding of the body to social and cultural analysis of contemporary societies is demonstrated through specific case studies. These range from the expression of the emotions, romantic love, dietary practice, consumer culture, fitness and beauty, to media images of women and sexuality.

This wide-ranging book draws in part on papers published in Theory,

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Bryan S. Turner is Professor of Sociology in the Asian Research Institute (ARI) at the National University of Singapore. Previously he was Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge from 1998-2005. His research interests include globalization and religion, concentrating on such issues as religious conflict and the modern state, religious authority and electronic information, religious, consumerism and youth cultures, human rights and religion, the human body, medical change, and religious cosmologies. He is Joint Chief Editor of the journal Citizenship Studies and serves on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals.

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Verlag
SAGE Publications Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
1991
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0803984138
ISBN 13 
9780803984134
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
352
Herausgeber
Turner Bryan S., Hepworth Mike, Featherstone Mike
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