Body and Gender: Sociological Perspectives - Softcover

Sassatelli, Roberta; Ghigi, Rossella

 
9781509550081: Body and Gender: Sociological Perspectives
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1509550089 ISBN 13: 9781509550081
Verlag: Polity, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

Even though we often think of bodies as natural and given, or else as freely plastic objects, bodies are both constructed and fundamental to our sense of self.

This book investigates the body as an essential vector of inequality, shaped by institutions, interaction and culture, and how in turn it contributes to partly modify them. Sassatelli and Ghigi show how the process of embodiment is at the same time naturalized and contested, particularly evident in the case of gender. Drawing on classical sociological research about modernity and contemporary studies that emphasize intersectionality, the book looks at how the gendered body has been conceptualized with special attention to body politics, the power of appearance and the representation of embodied identity. It also considers the interplay between body, sex and sexuality and the way gendered bodies intersect with other dimensions of social inequality such as race, age, class and disability.

This exploration of the rich field of sociological inquiry into the gendered body will be an invaluable read for all seeking to understand gender, sexuality and embodiment in contemporary society.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Roberta Sassatelli Professor of Sociology at the University of Bologna.
Rossella Ghigi is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Bologna.

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Verlag
Polity
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1509550089
ISBN 13 
9781509550081
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
248
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