The Body and Social Theory [electronic resource].
Shilling, Chris, Professor.
London : SAGE Publications,
2003.
Praise for the First Edition:        `Essential to any collection of work on the body, health and illness, or social theory' - Choice        `Sophisticated . and acutely perceptive of the importance of the complex dialectic between social institutions, culture and biological conditions' - Times Higher Education Supplement        `Chris Shilling has done us all a splendid service in bringing together and illustrating the tremendous diversity and richness of sociological thinking on the topic of human embodiment and its impl
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface to the Second Edition; 1 - Introduction; 2 - The Body in Sociology; 3 - The Naturalistic Body; 4 - The Socially Constructed Body; 5 - The Body and Social Inequalities; 6 - The Body and Physical Capital; 7 - The Civilized Body; 8 - The Body, Self- Identity and Death; 9 - Concluding Comments; Afterword - Embodiment, Identity and Theory; References; Index
Praise for the First Edition:        `Essential to any collection of work on the body, health and illness, or social theory' - Choice        `Sophisticated . and acutely perceptive of the importance of the complex dialectic between social institutions, culture and biological conditions' - Times Higher Education Supplement        `Chris Shilling has done us all a splendid service in bringing together and illustrating the tremendous diversity and richness of sociological thinking on the topic of human embodiment and its impl
Body, Human - Social aspects.
Body, Human.
Human body.