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The Body and Everyday Life (The New Sociology)
The Body and Everyday Life - The New Sociology
Author: Helen Thomas
Taking an innovative and alternative approach to the fascinating topic of the body, this book offers a lively and comprehensive introduction to the main themes and issues that have emerged in the study of the body over recent years. It includes sections on:
  • ethnographies of the body
  • bodies of performance
  • technol...  more »
  • raving bodies/shifting socialites
  • the ageing performing body.
Thomas illustrates the complex relationships that exist between the body, society and everyday life, by linking current theory to the body through a series of case studies. These case studies range across a variety of cultural settings such as film, theatre, dance and sport, offering a colourful basis to the discussion of the theory and methodology which underlies the body.
ISBN-13: 9780415331128
ISBN-10: 0415331129
Publication Date: 7/25/2004
Pages: 192
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Paperback
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