基本説明
The contributions include empirical and theoretical explorations of the body as a site of resistance.
Full Description
There has been a notable upsurge of interest in the body, both in terms of empirical and theoretical study and debate. Contributions to this book move these debates forward by considering a range of bodies as active in their own construction in social and economic processes. Authors consider the body as a site of agency, resistance and compromise and reflect upon the reluctance of sociology to engage with the body and notions of embodiment.
Contents
List of Figures and Photographs Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; N.Watson & S.Cunningham-Burley PART I: THEORETICAL REFRAMINGS OF THE BODY Bodies, Intellectuals and World Society; R.W.Connell Strong Words, Strong Minds, Strong Bodies: An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Affirmatory Metaphors in Personal Development Programs; R.Iphofen The Body and Society: Some Reflections on the Concepts of Impairment and Disability; C.Thomas The Body in Death; E.Hallam, J.Hockey & G.Howarth PART II: INSTITUTIONS AND FASHION AT WORK ON THE BODY Incorporating Clinical Authority: A New Test for People with HIV; K.Race Vampires and the Gendered Body; M.Williamson Constructing the Balletic Body: The 'Look', The Sylph, and the Performance of Gendered Identity; K.L.Carter PART III: BODIES AT THE GYM The Bodybuilding Ethnophysiology Thesis; L.Monaghan Be What You Wanna Be: A Sense of Identity Down at the Local Gym; L.Fishwick Muscling In: Gender and Physicality in Weight Training Culture; J.Ryan PART IV: BODIES ON THE NET Crossing Cyber Boundaries: Where is the Body Located in the Online Community?; K.Ward Disembodied Cyber Co-Presence: The Art of BeingThere While Somewhere Else; G.Coates Life Around the Screen: Re-Framing Young People's Use of the Internet; N.Bingham, G.Valentine & S.Holloway Index
