Blackwell UK
Embodying Sociology
Retrospect, Progress and Prospects
ISBN: 9781405167949
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Connecting the concerns of classical sociologists to new advances in social theory, anthropology, feminism and social research - and introducing for the first time the study of 'body pedagogics' - this volumes takes the sociological study of the body in a new direction and opens up new horizons for the sociological imagination. More
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This book presents a study of 'the body' - one of the fastest growing, most influential, and most contested subjects in the social sciences and humanities. This book includes cutting edge contributions from Europe, America and Asia; brings together a series of theoretical, methodological and empirical analyses by leading international exponents of body studies; explores the structural, interactional and phenomenological features of human embodiment; connects the concerns of classical sociologists to new advances in social theory, anthropology, feminism and social research; introduces the study of 'body pedagogics'; and, takes the sociological study of the body in an exciting new direction and opens up new horizons for the sociological imagination.
