Key concepts in body and society
Cregan, Kate2014
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Abstract: This book provides a clear, focused road map to the study of the body in society. It defines, explains and applies core topics relating to the human body demonstrating how we approach it as a social phenomenon.
Main title:
Key concepts in body and society / Kate Cregan.
Author:
Cregan, Kate, authorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
Los Angeles, [California] : Sage, 2012.Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014.
Collation:
1 online resource (49 entries) : 1 image ; digital files.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: vii, 213 pages
Contents:
About the Author -- Introduction -- Ageing and childhood -- Anorexia/Bulimia/Obesity -- Appearance and beauty -- Civilizing processes -- Class/Caste -- Clothing -- Colonialism/Post-colonialism -- Consumption -- Cyborgs -- Death and dying -- Difference -- Disability/Ability -- Discourse -- Dualism -- Emotion -- Feminism -- Food and eating -- Gender/Sex -- Genetics -- Gesture and habits -- Habitus -- Health and illness -- Identity -- Media and representation -- Medicine and science -- Modification/Dysmorphias -- Nature/Culture -- Pain -- Performativity -- Phenomenology -- Power -- Private and public -- Psychoanalysis -- Queer -- Race/Ethnicity -- Religion -- Reproduction -- Sexuality -- Sport -- Technology -- Violence -- Work -- Youth and children -- Glossary -- Bibliography.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781847875440 (paperback)1847875440 (paperback)9781847875433 (hardback)1847875432 (hardback)9781784029784 (electronic version)
Dewey class:
306.4613
LC class:
HM636
Language:
English
BRN:
502064
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