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Title:

Embodying sociology : retrospect, progress, and prospects / edited by Chris Shilling.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Blackwell Pub.,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

169 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Body, Human--Social aspects.
Menselijk lichaam.
Sociologische aspecten.
Corpo humano (cultura;aspectos sociais)
Instituições culturais.

Other Authors:

Shilling, Chris.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Sociology and the body : classical traditions and new agendas / Chris Shilling -- Culture, technologies, and bodies : the technological utopia of living forever / Bryan S. Turner -- Reclaiming women's bodies : colonialist trope or critical epistemology? / Kathy Davis -- Fieldwork embodied / Judith Okely -- Researching embodiment by way of "body techniques" / Nick Crossley -- Breathing like a soldier : culture incarnate / Brian Lande -- Listening to the dancer's body / Anna Aalten -- Embodied knowledge in glassblowing : the experience of meaning and the struggle towards proficiency / Erin O'Connor -- Vulnerable/dangerous bodies? : the trials and tribulations of sleep / Simon J. Williams.

Series:

Sociological review monograph ;

ISBN:

1405167947 (pbk.)
9781405167949 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)76937420

LCCN:

2006100540

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)