身体：社会と文化 The Body : Social and Cultural Dissections

Moore, Lisa Jean/ Casper, Monica

Routledge（2014/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 318 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780415821957
• DDC分類 306.4613

Full Description

This college-level handbook offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of sociological and cultural perspectives on the human body. Organized along the lines of a standard anatomical textbook delineated by body parts and processes, this volume subverts the expected content in favor of providing tools for social and cultural analysis.

Students will learn about the human body in its social, cultural, and political contexts, with emphasis on multiple, contested meanings of the body, body parts, and systems. Case studies, examples, and discussion questions are both US-based and international. Advancing critical body studies, the book explicitly discusses bodies in relation to race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, age, health, geography, and citizenship status. The framing is sociological rather than biomedical, attentive to cultural meanings, institutional practices, politics, and social problems. The authors use commonly understood anatomical frames to discuss social, cultural, political, and ethical issues concerning embodiment.

Contents

1. Introduction Part I: Building Blocks 2. Genes 3. Cells and Tissues 4. Organs 5. Fluids 6. Bones and Muscles Part II: Systems and Their Representation 7. Central Nervous System 8. Circulation 9. Respiration 10. Endocrine System and Metabolism 11. Digestion 12. Reproduction Part III: What Others See 13. Faces 14. Skin 15. Hair 16. Breasts 17. Genitals